Devices and method for correct application of plaster dressings to treat fractures and dislocations

摘要

A device for correctly applying a plaster dressing or cast to treat a fracture or dislocation of a human body segment. The device comprises a split flexible plastic member normally urged into annular shape and having an outwardly extending peripheral edge portion and a skirt portion depending therefrom. This plastic member is adapted to be placed on the body segment with the skirt portion in surrounding relation thereto whereby the outwardly turned peripheral edge portion defines the limit of the plaster cast or dressing. After the cast has been applied to the body segment and has been set, the plaster member is easily removable from under the cast.