Crutches "Laying Around"

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First thing this morning, I had a high school kid come in here and ask if I had any spare crutches laying around that he could borrow. I told him that the crutches need to be prescribed...and fitted...and improper usage could lead to further injury. Kid was staring at crutches someone must have left in the storage room. I told him that they seem to collect here, but we're not supposed to have them. Really, if a student is injured here, I'd wheel them. Why so many crutches laying around? Where do they all come from??? I swear, there were so many at one of the middle schools, I could barely get the closet closed to hide them. Just curious if anyone else has this issue.

Specializes in school nursing, ortho, trauma.

i was thinking that before i toss mine -i have 4 - maybe i'll cut them down and make a table out of them

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Specializes in retired LTC.
All we need is to loan out crutches and then have the student biff it while trying to use them. 1-800-Lawyers:woot:
This was the basic general concensus re the whch.

Flare - I betcha someone could come up with a real neat design idea for fashioning some kind of end table or bench.

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Specializes in School nursing.
i was thinking that before i toss mine -i have 4 - maybe i'll cut them down and make a table out of them

Ooooo - I love this idea! In all my spare time... ;)

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Specializes in Complex pedi to LTC/SA & now a manager.

Challenge your local Boy Scout troop or high school vocational carpentry program to create something. My son's troop would jump on it and use it for an engineering, model building or inventing merit badge

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I love how creative we all get when we "talk" to one another. I would get rid of anything like crutches that are just there collecting dust. Kids will find a way to get hurt and their parents won't be happy..

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