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Archive > February, 2011 Vol. XII, No. 2

Medical Malpractice

Did Plaster Cast Burn Patient

Sharon Smith, RN, JD; and Tyler Smith, JD

Following uneventful surgery on a 46-year-old woman's right elbow, the surgeon immobilized the patient's arm in a plaster cast. When the patient arrived in the PACU, she immediately complained about a severe burning sensation on her arm. The surgeon looked at the cast, felt it and told her that it was normal for heat to radiate from the cast as it cured. She'd be fine, he said. Later, the patient told a nurse that her arm felt like it had been "set on fire."

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