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New orthopedic acquisition for the Clinic
🕑 Added 2018-05-21 14:18:23 +0000 UTC We did manage to put our hands on few of those 'orthopedic splints', but I'm not sure how and for what use them. Anyone by chance have seen something like this before and know it's purpose and way to properly use?I think that this is how it should be assemblend:
Here goes the foot obviously and it can be tied up to that insole
There is a handle and a string which can pull the insole.
One of the 'crutches' extend far longer than the other one. I think that one goes up to the crotch and second one up to the armpit - then they are tied up to the patient using the straps.
Is it for setting broken bones? Or for applying traction?
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Castmaster
It would be used in a similar fashion to this: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xndp0WT3fXI" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xndp0WT3fXI</a> While the frame is wood and not metal, the principle is the same. The foot rest shows that it is for prolonged usage, and no first aid. That would be used to keep the foot flat and the leg muscles/achilles tendon flexed and prevent atrophy.
Castmaster
It would appear to be a good condition traction splint for leg fractures. Tib-fib and femurs. I have never seen this exact one, but the parts are consistent with what is needed for skin traction for those types of fractures. Similar to a Thomas splint in usage. The workmanship looks to be of good quality so it isn't home made, but it either has to be old or from a region with limited medical facilities/equipment.
