CASTING GUIDELINES, TIPS, AND TECHNIQUES - PROCEEDINGS FROM THE 1997-AMERICAN-BURN-ASSOCIATION-PT OT-CASTING-WORKSHOP/

Approximately 100 therapists attended the PT/OT Casting Workshsp at th e twenty-ninth Annual Meeting of the American Burn Association in New York City, N.Y., on March 20, 1997. The workshop consisted of four gro ups: two demonstrating hand/wrist casting and two demonstrating castin g of the foot/ankle. Participants had the opportunity to attend one up per extremity group and one lower extremity group lasting approximatel y 50 minutes each. Instructors provided a demonstration of a casting p rocedure while addressing general guidelines, indications, contraindic ations, and precautions related to casting each area. Thorough handout s were provided, and each participant had the opportunity to apply two casts. The following article is a compilation of the four handouts an d their bibliographies.