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Make a Suture Board Cheap!
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Supplies Needed For Each Board
• 2 equal sized pieces of cardboard
• Spray starch• Scissors• Giant needle (the eye of
needle should be large enough to accommodate the cord)
• ~ 4 feet of duct tape• ~ 10 feet of super sticky
2” wide masking tape• 18” to 24” of cord• Towel• 9” to 12” of rubber
tubing• Iron & ironing board
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Draw 3 lines lengthwise that divide the towel into 4 equal sections.
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Fold the towel so that the line to one side is aligned with the line down the middle of the towel.
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Repeat with the other side. Iron and spray starch your towel.
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Tape the ends and the center of the towel with wide extra sticky masking tape (tape both front and back).
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Cut the towel in half down the middle of the masking tape.
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You now have two phantom board towels .
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Lie the towel face down on your workspace.
The creases that meet on midline will not be visible.
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Place one piece of cardboard in the center of your towel.Place a strip of masking tape STICKY SIDE UP under the end of the towel.Press firmly to secure the masking tape in place.
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Fold the towel over the edge of the cardboard.
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Press the tape FIRMLY to the cardboard (make sure you are working on a flat surface).
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Repeat the
process on the
other end of the
towel.
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Pull the towel as snug as possible on this end. The snugger the towel, the better your board!
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Turn your board over.Cut a piece of tubing about 1 ½ inches narrower than your suture board.Pass the cord through the tubing.
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Thread the cord through the eye of the needle.
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Pass the needle through all layers of the suture board, towel, and masking tape about 1 ¼ inch from the top and side edge of the board. Repeat at the other end of the tube.
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Repeat on the other side of the tubing.
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The tubing should stand up off the suture board slightly. This will make practicing your ligatures much easier!
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Carefully pull the cord snug without damaging the cardboard.
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Tie a secure knot in the cord.Tape the ends.
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Place the second piece of
cardboard over the
back of the suture board.
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Align the cardboard.
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Turn the board over
carefully maintaining
the alignment.
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Place masking
tape along the edges
of the suture
board so that ½ the tape is on the board and ½ the tape is left
hanging over the
edge.
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Carefully flip the board
over maintaining alignment of the two
layers.
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Fold the tape over the edge of the board
and press firmly to the cardboard.
Take care not to pull the
towel out of position as this will affect the
midline creases and
make practice difficult.
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Repeat with the other side. Again take care not to
pull the towel out of position.
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Turn your suture board over.
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Place a piece of duct tape across the top of the board so that ½ of the width is attached to the towel and ½ hangs over the
edge.
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Turn the board over.
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Cut the ends of the tape as shown.
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Fold the bottom tab of tape over the back of the board.
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Fold the center tab of tape on each side as shown.
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Fold the tape over the top of the board.
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Turn the board over and fold the remaining tabs down.
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Repeat this process at the bottom of the
board.
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Turn the board over.
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Fold the duct tape
down.
Repeat for the
remaining side.
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Now you are ready to get
practicing. Visit us online at:
http://www.r-vets.org/Suture-
Basics.html
to start practicing!