Hydraulics & Pneumatics September 2022

UPDATES The British Fluid Power Association (BFPA) gave a presentation on fluid injection injuries at the recent IFSSH, IFSHT, & FESSH Journal of Hand Surgery’s Combined Congress, which was held between 6-10 June 2022 at Excel London. Over 5000 hand surgeons and therapists from around the world attended the event, with 90% having worked on a fluid injection injury and 50% having worked on more than one patient with a fluid injection injury. The BFPA had been invited to give a presentation at this event by the BSSH (British Society for Surgery of the Hand) following an approach and meetings held with the BSSH over the past year. On behalf of the BFPA, Jim Martin gave a presentation on how to avoid fluid injection The BFPA presents on fluid injection injuries at IFSSH, IFSHT, & FESSH Combined Congress June 2022 at Excel London What to look out for: Step by step progression of high-pressure injections Risk management strategies Abstract The people most at risk Material injected Identifying the symptoms Outcomes To order your copy of the BFPA Fluid Injection Injury – The Facts booklet, visit the BFPA’s website www.bfpa.co.uk/publications or call 01608 647900. injuries, and Martin Kingsbury, the BFPA’s Director of Membership & Training, joined the post- presentation Q/A panel. Overall, the BFPA’s contribution was very well received by the audience. The BFPA will be working with BSSH to draw up a list of all the hospitals that are best able to treat a fluid injection injury and hope to work closely with BSSH on a joint marketing initiative, with the BFPA planning to donate copies of its fluid injection injury book to the NHS directly to be distributed to hand surgeons. The BFPA’s Fluid Injection Injury – The Facts booklet This handy top-pocket sized booklet is available from the BFPA, covering the background, symptoms and treatment of fluid injection injuries – identifying people who are most at risk and how such an injury should be treated. Every booklet now comes with a wallet-sized plastic card detailing the emergency action steps to take immediately after an injury. Fluid injection injuries have been known to occur at pressures as low as 6.9 bar (100 psi). This means the people most at risk are not just limited to those who work within the mobile replacement hose business, they could be anyone who works with equipment under pressure that uses oil (hydraulic) or air (pneumatic) as the medium. People at risk could even be bystanders in the wrong place at the wrong time. The BFPA Fluid Injection Injury – The Facts booklet covers the following: Accident management How to treat a fluid injection injury Treatment and timeline Guidelines for optimal treatment (for the medical professional) Site of injection Injection injury patient information sheet 42 HYDRAULICS & PNEUMATICS September 2022 www.hpmag.co.uk Jim Martin, BFPA presenter, at the June BSSH Conference. The front cover of the BFPA’s Fluid Injection Injury – The Facts booklet.