Over the past couple of months, there have emerged hundreds of photos of overworked healthcare workers’ chafed faces covered in bruises, blotches, and redness—as though instead of getting off a shift at the hospital, they’re returning home from competing in a boxing match. The masks were quite painful to wear for so many of these workers.
When a Canadian hospital put out a call for protective facial gear designs that could eliminate that pain, a young boy scout had a wonderful idea and got to work.
Quinn’s ingenious design is an ear guard that can be produced on a 3-D printer. The project went viral after his mom shared photos of the guards on Facebook.
Read more about this ingenious young man and his amazing invention here!
(Photo courtesy of Heather Roney)
