Hospital Asks For People’s Help With Pain From Wearing A Face Mask All Day, This Boy Scout Delivers
In light of the novel coronavirus pandemic ravaging the world, the famous saying “not all heroes wear capes” applies to more and more people every day. The doctors and the rest of the medical staff fighting the virus on the frontlines, all the people who can’t stay home and are going to work every day, keeping our civilization intact and functioning as it’s supposed to – shopkeepers, cashiers, electricians, plumbers, garbagemen, you name it. We also can’t forget the people who are locking themselves at home so they can relieve at least some of the tension on the healthcare system of their country.
And yet another hero has joined these forces. Canadian boy scout Quinn Callander recently responded to the call of help by his local hospital and figured out a brilliant way to relieve some of the pain the medical workers have to deal with from wearing protective gear all day long every single day on the frontlines.
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After his local hospital asked people to help out medics with the pain they endure from wearing protective masks all day, Canadian boy scout Quinn Callander couldn’t just stand by
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Due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, hospitals all over the world are overflowing with COVID-19 patients. But the patients are not the only ones suffering. Medical staff are forced to wear layers of protective gear that painfully digs into their skin day by day.
He figured he would use his 3D printing skills to create an “ear guard” for medical workers who have to wear masks all day
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After one Canadian hospital asked people to help their medical staff deal with this problem, boy scout Quinn didn’t hesitate for a moment and used his 3D printer to create a genius yet simple solution – ear guards that prevent the security straps on surgical masks from rubbing into the back of the ears and head of the one wearing it.
That protects the security straps from rubbing on their ears all day
“Quinn answered a request from the local hospitals for help with creating “ear guards” to help take the pressure off health care workers’ ears from wearing masks all day. He got busy on his 3D printer and has been turning out dozens of ear guards to donate,” Quinn’s mom Heather wrote on Facebook.
He’s not only printed dozens of these ‘ear guards” to donate but has also made the file he’s using public
They also shared the file he’s using publicly so that anyone could get their 3D printers working for a greater cause and help the medical staff in their area. You can find the file here and let’s all start printing!
So people all over the world can make their printers useful and help out their local hospitals as well
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“We need more volunteers to fire up their 3D printers and donate these ear guards to hospitals and medical professionals!” says his mom, Heather
People found young scout’s actions really heroic
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Not to take away from this youngsters good deed, but... this other young man from Burnaby, BC was doing the exact same thing over a week ago from plans sourced from the internet.https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/ear-savers-3d-printing-health-care-workers-1.5517089 Don't get me wrong, he's still a hero to his community & an amazing inspiration!!
Dont worry, youre not taking away from his good deed, this just shows more people have good ideas and good intentions! Its great to see people being so creative in how they can help others :)
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My dad is making those. We are trying to help others in need with these.
I printed 6 masks with this model. The printer takes 30min and 4gr. each piece. There is a new model that uses 2gr. and takes 20min here: https://3dprint.nih.gov/discover/3DPX-013528
Next year 3D printers will be banned because there are too many people printing usefull and helpfull things that could have easily made some multi-national a massive profit.
WORST multi nationals will steal the blueprints made by people for the people on thingiverse or others free sharing websites and put a patent on it and claim it as it was theirs :/
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What a wonderfully fantastic young man. With a engineering mind and a humble heart to share with everyone. He is magnificent!
Someobody PLEASE help him establish a patent so he an give it away and nobody else can monetize it. INSULIN was discovered in Canada and given free to the world so it would be available and affordable. Look what American Big Pharma has done with that gesture.
what a sweet soul <3 as a glass wearer and caregiver i would like to have one of those little devices, I tried already to use some bra spacers I had but that didn't worked as well as i thought
A great compassionate boy, mom you raised a wonderful boy, Bless you both !!!
Way to go, young man! Who would have thought that being sore behind the ears would be a real danger for medical professionals? Wash your hands, everybody, stay at two meters distance for all our existence, and above all: be nice and kind to each other.
Ffs you dumbass he didn't make it he just printed the free file from the one who made it and put it up for everyone
thank you, i am finally shedding happy tears for the first time in days...hope comes in the most unexpected places! i love humans right now, keep these stories coming!
Thanks for the help. There are also other existing options like hairpin, paper clips, etc. with the right shape.
Now THAT'S a scout. Wish we could have done stuff like this in girl scouts but I did it when I was little and we didn't do much charity stuff
So simple but absolutely innovative and amazing! I hope he gets the proper recognition for this when it's all over but for now he gets a virtual high five!
So I sure hope he gets several badges from the boy scouts for this. Hero badge maybe. If they don't have one bet he could 3D print one once things settle down!
What an inspiring generous and thoughtful young man! Heroes like you are making the world better!
Not to take away from this youngsters good deed, but... this other young man from Burnaby, BC was doing the exact same thing over a week ago from plans sourced from the internet.https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/ear-savers-3d-printing-health-care-workers-1.5517089 Don't get me wrong, he's still a hero to his community & an amazing inspiration!!
Dont worry, youre not taking away from his good deed, this just shows more people have good ideas and good intentions! Its great to see people being so creative in how they can help others :)
Load More Replies... My dad is making those. We are trying to help others in need with these.
I printed 6 masks with this model. The printer takes 30min and 4gr. each piece. There is a new model that uses 2gr. and takes 20min here: https://3dprint.nih.gov/discover/3DPX-013528
Next year 3D printers will be banned because there are too many people printing usefull and helpfull things that could have easily made some multi-national a massive profit.
WORST multi nationals will steal the blueprints made by people for the people on thingiverse or others free sharing websites and put a patent on it and claim it as it was theirs :/
Load More Replies... What a wonderfully fantastic young man. With a engineering mind and a humble heart to share with everyone. He is magnificent!
Someobody PLEASE help him establish a patent so he an give it away and nobody else can monetize it. INSULIN was discovered in Canada and given free to the world so it would be available and affordable. Look what American Big Pharma has done with that gesture.
what a sweet soul <3 as a glass wearer and caregiver i would like to have one of those little devices, I tried already to use some bra spacers I had but that didn't worked as well as i thought
A great compassionate boy, mom you raised a wonderful boy, Bless you both !!!
Way to go, young man! Who would have thought that being sore behind the ears would be a real danger for medical professionals? Wash your hands, everybody, stay at two meters distance for all our existence, and above all: be nice and kind to each other.
Ffs you dumbass he didn't make it he just printed the free file from the one who made it and put it up for everyone
thank you, i am finally shedding happy tears for the first time in days...hope comes in the most unexpected places! i love humans right now, keep these stories coming!
Thanks for the help. There are also other existing options like hairpin, paper clips, etc. with the right shape.
Now THAT'S a scout. Wish we could have done stuff like this in girl scouts but I did it when I was little and we didn't do much charity stuff
So simple but absolutely innovative and amazing! I hope he gets the proper recognition for this when it's all over but for now he gets a virtual high five!
So I sure hope he gets several badges from the boy scouts for this. Hero badge maybe. If they don't have one bet he could 3D print one once things settle down!
What an inspiring generous and thoughtful young man! Heroes like you are making the world better!
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