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TITLE(s): ORTHOPEDIC ASSISTANT (medical ser.) alternate titles: orthopedic cast specialist Applies, adjusts, and removes casts, assembles traction apparatus, and fits strappings and splints for orthopedic patients according to medical staff instructions, using handtools: Covers injured areas with specified protective materials, such as stockinette bandages, gauze, or rubber pads, preparatory to cast application. Wets, wraps, and molds plaster bandages around area of fracture. Trims plaster, using electric cutter. Removes whole and broken casts and alters position of cast to change setting of patient's limb or body part as directed. Assembles wooden, metal, plastic, or plaster material to make orthopedic splints, using handtools. Rigs pulleys, ropes, and frames to assemble fracture beds, using handtools. Attaches traction supports to patient's limb and adjusts support to specified tension. Assembles exercise frames, using handtools. Adjusts crutches and canes to fit patient. Instructs patients in care of and assists patients in walking with casts, braces, and crutches. GOE: 10.03.02 STRENGTH: M GED: R3 M2 L3 SVP: 4 DLU: 77 ONET CROSSWALK: 32999A Orthotists and Prosthetists |
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TITLE(s):
ORTHOPEDIC ASSISTANT (medical ser.) alternate titles: orthopedic cast specialist
Applies, adjusts, and removes casts, assembles traction apparatus, and fits strappings and splints
for orthopedic patients according to medical staff instructions, using handtools: Covers injured
areas with specified protective materials, such as stockinette bandages, gauze, or rubber pads,
preparatory to cast application. Wets, wraps, and molds plaster bandages around area of fracture.
Trims plaster, using electric cutter. Removes whole and broken casts and alters position of cast to
change setting of patient's limb or body part as directed. Assembles wooden, metal, plastic, or
plaster material to make orthopedic splints, using handtools. Rigs pulleys, ropes, and frames to
assemble fracture beds, using handtools. Attaches traction supports to patient's limb and adjusts
support to specified tension. Assembles exercise frames, using handtools. Adjusts crutches and canes
to fit patient. Instructs patients in care of and assists patients in walking with casts, braces,
and crutches.
GOE: 10.03.02 STRENGTH: M GED: R3 M2 L3 SVP: 4 DLU: 77
ONET CROSSWALK: 32999A Orthotists and Prosthetists
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