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Description
Students will learn advances casting techniques along with windowing of a cast, protection of pins, and external hardware, pin care, and wound care. Custom bracing and DME applications will be reviewed along with proper use of wheelchairs and Hoyer lifts. Students will learn how to accommodate patients who are in wheelchairs, beds, and traction. Students enrolled in this course will be charged a $750 specialty supplies fee.
Prerequisites
Students are required to pass prerequisite courses with a grade of C or higher. Exceptions apply; please consult your department chair.
Corequisite Courses
- Apply, adjust, and remove upper and lower extremity casts and splints.
- Remove sutures, staples, Steinman pins, and K-wires.
- Identify different types of fractures on an x-ray.
- Identify proper treatment of different fractures.
- Apply, adjust, and remove upper and lower extremity braces and DME products.
