NHS Forth Valley: Fracture clinic staff helped by some Star Wars-like equipment

Staff at Forth Valley Royal Hospital’s outpatient department have some new helpers.
Jill Buchanan
By Jill Buchanan
Published 29th Mar 2024, 15:50 BST
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The fracture clinic team have welcomed some new characters to help them with their work – and to keep their patients calm while plaster casts are being removed.

Due to the appearance of the cast saws, the staff thought they looked like droids from Star Wars and decided they all should have names from the film.

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The cast saws now not only bear the names of R2-D2, C-3PO, BB-8 and WALL-E, but they also have images attached to them.

The Fracture Clinic team welcomed some new Cast Saws named after Star Wars characters. Pictured: Nicole Hastie, clinical support worker with C-3PO; Kevin McCloskey, senior charge nurse with BB-8; Arlene Pentecost, clinical support worker with R2-D2 and Heather Morrison, staff nurse with WALL-E. Pic: Michael GillenThe Fracture Clinic team welcomed some new Cast Saws named after Star Wars characters. Pictured: Nicole Hastie, clinical support worker with C-3PO; Kevin McCloskey, senior charge nurse with BB-8; Arlene Pentecost, clinical support worker with R2-D2 and Heather Morrison, staff nurse with WALL-E. Pic: Michael Gillen
The Fracture Clinic team welcomed some new Cast Saws named after Star Wars characters. Pictured: Nicole Hastie, clinical support worker with C-3PO; Kevin McCloskey, senior charge nurse with BB-8; Arlene Pentecost, clinical support worker with R2-D2 and Heather Morrison, staff nurse with WALL-E. Pic: Michael Gillen

They were procured through the medical physics department as part of equipment replacement.

Now they hope that the experience of getting a plaster cast removed will be less frightening for children – and adults – when they return to the Larbert hospital following fractures and other injuries.

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