TY - JOUR T1 - Plaster cast burns: the reality JF - Emergency Medicine Journal JO - Emerg Med J SP - 827 LP - 828 DO - 10.1136/emj.2007.053983 VL - 25 IS - 12 AU - J A Read AU - N Ferguson AU - D M Ricketts Y1 - 2008/12/01 UR - http://emj.bmj.com/content/25/12/827.abstract N2 - An in vivo experimental study was performed of the temperatures produced by a setting plaster cast using hot and cold water. The results confirmed a statistical difference in the temperatures reached using hot and cold water. Forearm and below knee plasters did not represent a burn risk. Lower limb cylinder casts reached sufficient temperatures to cause burns with hot water but did not remain at these temperatures long enough to pose a clinical risk. ER -