Participants will be provided access to experienced orthopaedic professionals in CTEC’s highly realistic training environment. The workshop features a combination of didactic sessions and hands-on sessions utilising medical student volunteers. The comprehensive program enables participants to tailor their learning requirements, gaining valuable experience using live models.

Participants will receive an overview of common fracture presentations and importantly will receive instruction in up-to-date advanced techniques in treatment, the anatomy of common fractures, post-fracture reduction techniques and infection risk management.
 

Workshop Content

Presentations: 

• Principles of immobilisation
• Types of casts - Fibreglass and Plaster of Paris
• Plaster cast application techniques
• Complications
• Cast care and red flag symptoms

Plastering Techniques Practical Session Upper Limb:

• Colles fracture
• Distal radius
• Humerus

Plastering Techniques Practical Session Lower Limb:

• Below knee/ankle
• Foot
• Tibia
• Femur