Fiberglass casts?

kelznz

Hi All

I've just fractured my wrist boarding in Austria and have a temporary plaster cast. Does anyone know where to get a fiberglass cast fitted as no one seems to have heard of them in Ireland?!! Any help appreciated, this thing weighs a ton!

Cheers

robinph

Unlucky.

It will feel incredlibly heavy and painful to start off with, but just keep the arm in a sling for a bit and you'll then be grand without after a while once you get more used to the extra weight.

Baybay

I had two relatives with casts recently and in our experience both were initially given what was called a "back slab".

In my son's case, to stabilise him after injury while waiting for the surgical / orthopaedic team to visit in the morning, A&E put a length of plaster down the back of his leg from mid thigh almost to the toes and this was bandaged. As it turned out, there was no fracture so the back slab was removed. We had been told that if he needed a cast, a fibreglass one would follow the consultant's visit.

My mother broke her ankle, was also given a back slab from mid calf to her toes, on a Thursday, and was told to go to the fracture clinic on the Monday as the risk of swelling would have passed by then and she could have her fibreglass cast fitted - a lemon one as it turns out but she could have had blue or red either.

The first hospital was Tallaght and the second Loughlinstown.

paulharte

I've broken my wrist and later my hand in ireland and got a fiberglass cast both times.

I think it depends on the injury