Latvia O&P?
RICHARD Miller
Description
Collection
Title:
Latvia O&P?
Creator:
RICHARD Miller
Date:
9/1/2006
Text:
Hi List, Happy Friday
We have received a complicated request from Ventspils, Latvia. Anybody
close to there? I have emailed ISPO. How else would we connect with
colleagues in that part of the world? Any professional resources that are
closer to this patient than Minnesota? We are also suggesting involvement
by orthotists in the destination country, Canada. Not sure of the city at
this point.
The request is for an LSHKAFO fracture brace treatment for femoral fracture
enabling the patient to travel by aircraft. The patient will then receive
additional treatment in another country. We're thinking that a hip spica
cast is more appropriate, meaning no mobility for sitting in a plane, but
then immobilization is the whole idea. Perhaps a 45 degree position and a
reclining 1st class seat. I would appreciate others weighing in on the
challenge. The list will be informed of ideas & results.
Thanks for your help, Rick Miller, CO
We have received a complicated request from Ventspils, Latvia. Anybody
close to there? I have emailed ISPO. How else would we connect with
colleagues in that part of the world? Any professional resources that are
closer to this patient than Minnesota? We are also suggesting involvement
by orthotists in the destination country, Canada. Not sure of the city at
this point.
The request is for an LSHKAFO fracture brace treatment for femoral fracture
enabling the patient to travel by aircraft. The patient will then receive
additional treatment in another country. We're thinking that a hip spica
cast is more appropriate, meaning no mobility for sitting in a plane, but
then immobilization is the whole idea. Perhaps a 45 degree position and a
reclining 1st class seat. I would appreciate others weighing in on the
challenge. The list will be informed of ideas & results.
Thanks for your help, Rick Miller, CO
Citation
RICHARD Miller, “Latvia O&P?,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 2, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/227266.
