CAST CARE GUADIZ, YESSAMIN T.

BSN 3 F 1

TAKE GOOD CARE OF YOUR CAST!

A DAMAGED CAST CAN DELAY HEALING.

WHAT TO ASSESS
ASSESS FOR PAIN AND NOTE FOR DRAINAGE AND UNUSUAL
REPORT WHEN IT ODOR
BECOMES SEVERE AND
CANNOT BE MANAGED
WATCH OUT FOR THE FOLLOWING AND
WITH PRESCRIBED PAIN
REPORT IMMEDIATELY TO PHYSICIAN
MEDICATION
PALENESS OF EXTREMITIES, COLD
EXPREMITIES, PALENESS, SEVERE
SWELLING, PARALYSIS, PARESTHESIA

DO'S DON'TS
WASH SKIN GENTLY WITH MILD DO NOT LET DIRT, SAND, AND
SOAP OTHER PARTICLES IN THE CAST
USE BABY POWDER, CORNSTARCH
AND BABY OIL DO NOT PUT ANYTHING
UNDERNEATH THE CAST
DO ISOMETRIC AND ROM EXERCISES
DO NOT WET THE CAST
ASK ASSISTANCE FROM CAREGIVER
DO NOT SCRATCH OR TUG ON
THE CAST
GRADUALLY BECOME INDEPENDENT
FROM CAST NEVER ATTEMPT TO REMOVE
THE CAST ON YOUR OWN
PRACTICE LIMB ELEVATION AND
PREVENT LIMB FROM COMING IN DO NOT CUT OR TEAR THE
CONTACT WITH SHARP EDGES CAST

IN KEEPING THE CAST AND SURROUNDING SKIN

CLEAN, USE A WARM SOAPY CLOTH IN WIPING THE
AREA.
A VINEGAR AND WATER SOLUTION MAY HELP IN
GETTING RIF OF BAD ODOR AROUND THE AREA

Mayo Clinic. (n.d.) Cast care: Do’s and Don’ts. Retrieved from https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/childrens-health/in-depth/cast-care/art-20047159
Saint Luke’s. (n.d.) Discharge instructions: Caring for your plaster care. Retrieved from https://www.saintlukeskc.org/health-library/discharge-instructions-plaster-cast-care