AEPOP – above elbow plaster

AKPOP – above knee cast

BAS – broad arm sling

BEPOP – below elbow plaster

BKPOP – below knee plaster

BKWPOP – below knee walking plaster

C+C – “collar and cuff” sling

CHOP – change of plaster (often from FG reinforced POP to a FG only cast)

COP – completion of plaster (reinforce split POP with layer of FG)

COD – change of dressing

FG – fibreglass plaster

FOOSH – fell on outstretched hand

MUA – manipulation under anaesthetic

NAI – non-accidental injury

NBA – no bony abnormality

NBI – no bony injury

NIX – nurse-initiated x-ray

NWB – non weight bearing

ORIF – open reduction internal fixation

POP- plaster of Paris plaster

PTB – patella bearing cast

PWB – partial weight bearing

ROM – range of movement

ROM brace – range of movement knee brace

ROP – removal of cast

ROS – removal of sutures/ or removal of splint

SKB – Scott knee brace

SNOH – surgical neck of humerus

STI – soft tissue injury

SI – shoulder immobiliser

TA – tendo Achilles

TWB – touch weight-bearing

XROA – x-ray on arrival