Battery Life (Idle)

Jamie

That is interesting. I do have a wound (from surgery) but it's under a massive cast. I suspect I'm washing at the sink for the conceivable future.

dannnielll

We purchased our one when my wife had her leg broken by an errant car which mounted the pavement, it was in a plaster cast long time. And this week I have started to use it. It enables me to have a comfortable and safe shower.  I cannot be sure but I think there are smaller ones for the foot.  I will be using it for perhaps 3 weeks until the stitches come out. .. A cast might not be waterproof, so if I were you I would not be tempted to shower until the cast is off or you use something like it.

Jamie

No showering for me, I'd already figured that out. Because I've had surgery to repair the break any cast I have won't stay on very long as they need to keep an eye on the wound, plus the plates and screws are quite close to the surface on the ankle. At the moment I've just arrived home with the temporary cast they did in theatre. I'll be back some day this week to get a proper one but they weren't sure what type. Probably make a cast and then cut it off and add velcro straps is what the head nurse suggested they might do but there's a few options apparently. There's to be absolutely no weight bearing for 6 weeks (maybe more) and then I'll probably move to a walking cast for a bit.

I did a proper job on myself. I've got to get a picture of some x rays if I can. I'm interested in how the plating was done. I've had plates and screws in the knee on the other leg, they were removed though so I have one of them as a keyring. I don't think I'll ever get to see these plates as they're most likely staying in.

Do you a link to these sleeve things at all? I wonder if I could get one to fit over my current cast, it's quite bulky. Hopefully the proper one won't be so fat.

dannnielll

There is actually a wide range on Amazon I would not have known.. The one that looks closer to my unit is a model by anpro and would suit the elephant man. I can guarantee that any cast will fit inside.. my wife had to have multiple plates and screws etc fitted... and there they will remain. No cremation for her, I am told that the screws explode in the furnace.   Her  leg below knee trapped between a car, mercifully travelling slowly and a concrete wall. Had it been any faster it would have been an amputation. Her cast was pretty large. The anpro model has a wide neoprene rubber top which fits snugly around the upper thigh. We got ours in a local pharmacy. Really I am convinced that it will fit..

Jamie

Awesome, cheers buddy, I'll take a look.

Tempest

Why do you appear to have a arrow drawn in black, just below your knee, pointing towards your foot ?

It it true they would draw on an arrow to make sure someone else operates? on the correct foot?

Jamie

That's exactly it. They even ask if you've had an arrow drawn and it's correct as part of a checklist in the anaesthetic room before surgery. There's another arrow for good measure on my big toe.

Tempest

Never sure how true they are, or just folklore, but you do from time to time hear stories about people going in and having the wrong leg amputated or something similar.

I guess drawing an arrow pointing to the right bit seems funny, and worrying that they are THAT bad at their organisation/information, but I guess if it stops mistakes then it's a good idea

JayCee

Think of the compo you'll get though [emoji1]

Jamie

Similar story with dispensing drugs, especially some of the more exotic ones I've been having, they always check your identity and date of birth, by the wrist band if necessary and it never gets given first and recorded later when busy. They had some student nurses on my ward and they made that very clear while doing the regular drugs round. The nurse doing drugs round also wears a red tunic with do not disturb printed on it. Guess there's been cases of distraction causing mistakes in the past.  
A bit like pilots and their checklists or even the methodical methods I use for safe isolotion as an electrician.