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Hey all, as you know, the MAD Ride has been and gone. I had reason to need to go to Shenton Park Rehab Hospital the other day. Actually it was about supplying them with RAM Mounts, to help people who are badly injured to mount their phones and tablets to their wheelchairs, beds, etc.
While I was there I spent a moment with Travis, who will be 17 in a couple of days. Travis was badly injured by a car about 14 weeks ago. The first 7 weeks were spent in intensive care and the last 7 have been spent in Rehab. I didn't feel right about asking the details of how he got in front of the car, so I didn't, and to be honest, even if he did something really stupid and it was ALL HIS FAULT, I don't care. Any discussion about that and you can go and fire it up on your own thread.
I was impressed that Travis and his mum were both just getting on with it as best they can. I have been told that Travis will never be carer free, so this looks like a bad break for him and doubtless his mum.
So I was asked to bring in some specific RAM Mounts parts, and I did that. I also brought some others I hadn't been asked for, and spent a moment with the OTs there. I did what I could to fit the mounts to Travis' chair, and they fitted better than anything that the OT had on hand. This equipment doesn't belong to the patients, so when I suggested we take a drill to it to get a perfect fit, that was not acceptable. The hospital needs the gear back, and they need it in the right shape to supply to someone who might have different needs.
Whether or not my own 16 year old has made me more susceptible to Travis' plight I can't say, but my next move will be to ask the OT to get me some drawings of the gear they're using, and to work with her to understand the mounting outcomes they're most likely to use. From there I'm eager to talk with PSBers who would have the skills to knock up something to make these mounts rock solid and workable, but in a way that can be removed and re purposed.
I don't think it's likely to need stuff as complex as CNCing, but my hand skills are only OK. Some of you could doubtless do a much better job, more quickly.
Registrations of interest either here or by PM are welcome, I'll know the scope of works within days I expect, but I'd like to hope every time we get a tricky mount we can propose a way to fix it, and respond to a need someone might have.
RAM Mounts will get materials as a contribution when necessary, but much of this might actually be doable with pieces from the workshop that would otherwise be considered scrap.
Questions or volunteers welcome.
While I was there I spent a moment with Travis, who will be 17 in a couple of days. Travis was badly injured by a car about 14 weeks ago. The first 7 weeks were spent in intensive care and the last 7 have been spent in Rehab. I didn't feel right about asking the details of how he got in front of the car, so I didn't, and to be honest, even if he did something really stupid and it was ALL HIS FAULT, I don't care. Any discussion about that and you can go and fire it up on your own thread.
I was impressed that Travis and his mum were both just getting on with it as best they can. I have been told that Travis will never be carer free, so this looks like a bad break for him and doubtless his mum.
So I was asked to bring in some specific RAM Mounts parts, and I did that. I also brought some others I hadn't been asked for, and spent a moment with the OTs there. I did what I could to fit the mounts to Travis' chair, and they fitted better than anything that the OT had on hand. This equipment doesn't belong to the patients, so when I suggested we take a drill to it to get a perfect fit, that was not acceptable. The hospital needs the gear back, and they need it in the right shape to supply to someone who might have different needs.
Whether or not my own 16 year old has made me more susceptible to Travis' plight I can't say, but my next move will be to ask the OT to get me some drawings of the gear they're using, and to work with her to understand the mounting outcomes they're most likely to use. From there I'm eager to talk with PSBers who would have the skills to knock up something to make these mounts rock solid and workable, but in a way that can be removed and re purposed.
I don't think it's likely to need stuff as complex as CNCing, but my hand skills are only OK. Some of you could doubtless do a much better job, more quickly.
Registrations of interest either here or by PM are welcome, I'll know the scope of works within days I expect, but I'd like to hope every time we get a tricky mount we can propose a way to fix it, and respond to a need someone might have.
RAM Mounts will get materials as a contribution when necessary, but much of this might actually be doable with pieces from the workshop that would otherwise be considered scrap.
Questions or volunteers welcome.
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