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ORTHOPEDIC ASSISTANT

Specialty Definition: ORTHOPEDIC ASSISTANT

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Occupations

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. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: ORTHOPEDIC ASSISTANT

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-d-e-h-i-i-n-o-o-p-r-s-s-s-t-t-t"

-4 letters: pantisocratists.

-5 letters: catastrophists, pantisocratist, protectionists, separationists.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: ORTHOPEDIC ASSISTANT


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4F 52 54 48 4F 50 45 44 49 43      41 53 53 49 53 54 41 4E 54

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001111 01010010 01010100 01001000 01001111 01010000 01000101 01000100 01001001 01000011 00100000 01000001 01010011 01010011 01001001 01010011 01010100 01000001 01001110 01010100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#79 &#82 &#84 &#72 &#79 &#80 &#69 &#68 &#73 &#67 &#32 &#65 &#83 &#83 &#73 &#83 &#84 &#65 &#78 &#84

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004F 0052 0054 0048 004F 0050 0045 0044 0049 0043      0041 0053 0053 0049 0053 0054 0041 004E 0054

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

495254424950393843372355353435354354854

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INDEX

1. Anagrams
2. Orthography
3. Bibliography


  

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