Community Partners
People We've Met with:
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Hack Pediatrics
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Ann Fogel - Child Life Coordinator at Broward General
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Dr. Elizabeth Drye
Final Community Partners:
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Dr. Landon - Orthopedic Surgeon
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Dr. Ramsaran - Sports Medicine Physician
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Dr. Taylor - In-patient Child Psychiatrist
What we learned:
Not much has changed between the way humans mumified people in ancient egypt and the way we create casts today.
"The lifetime risk of sustaining a fracture in childhood is approximately 42%-64% for boys and 27-40% in girls"
According to Valerio et al. BMC Public Health 2010
How Can We: Update the way casts are made, to match the activities of todays children.
Discomfort (29%)
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wet casts
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odor
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itching
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infection
Poor Fit
23% too tight (older)
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compartment syndrome
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severe pain
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numbness, loss of circulation
13% too loose (younger)
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improper healing
Financil burden
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potential total cost $126,324
Where Are We going Next?
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Interviewing younger children
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Ideate and prototype
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Review designs with community partners