A dry gauze or cotton material may be inserted between.
How to make a gutter splint.
The steps above are usually skipped in prefabricated fiberglass bandages.
Excess wet plaster on the ends will be folded over.
The following video demonstrates how to set an ulnar gutter splint.
Trick of the trade.
Below are the steps of making a radial gutter splint.
Fold the splint.
Radial gutter splint cut out a 3 or 4 inch splint material to the length necessary to immobilize the wrist and mcp joint.
Create a 12 14 layered splint of the desired length by folding over the plaster bandage and stacking the folds to create the splint.
A splint may be bisected lengthwise from the fingertips to the wrist.
Insert a dry gauze or cotton material between the 2nd and 3rd fingers.
Bisect the splint longitudinally from the fingertips to the wrist.