Information on post-operative care for amputees
Linda Lui
Description
Collection
Title:
Information on post-operative care for amputees
Creator:
Linda Lui
Date:
9/27/2011
Text:
Hello everyone,
My name is Linda Lui and I am currently a first-year clinical
Prosthetics and Orthotics program at George Brown College in Toronto,
Canada. As part of my curriculum, I must do a presentation for my peers,
teachers and colleagues about a topic related to P and O. I'm taking this
opportunity to learn more about what happens to our amputee patients before
they come into our care .
I was wondering if anyone here would be willing to tell me about the
their local post-operative care procedures that amputees will receive after
a surgery, such as:
- pre-operative preparations required
- the type of dressing used (RRD, SSD, IPOP) and reasons for its choice
- average patient's number of days spent in the hospital before transferring
to a rehabilitation centre
- time to initial temporary prosthetic device
- number of prostheses before definitive device
- any other relevant information
From local resources, I have gathered that these factors can be quite
variable and dependent on the facility, physiatrist, surgeon and
prosthetist. By asking you all, I was hoping I would be able learn more
about the process itself and observe if there are any trends in
post-operative care across different regions of countries or nations. Thank
you in advance for any help you may provide me and I hope to hear from you
soon.
Regards,
Linda Lui, B.Sc. (Hons)
First-year Clinical Methods in Prosthetics and Orthotics Student
George Brown College
Toronto, Canada
My name is Linda Lui and I am currently a first-year clinical
Prosthetics and Orthotics program at George Brown College in Toronto,
Canada. As part of my curriculum, I must do a presentation for my peers,
teachers and colleagues about a topic related to P and O. I'm taking this
opportunity to learn more about what happens to our amputee patients before
they come into our care .
I was wondering if anyone here would be willing to tell me about the
their local post-operative care procedures that amputees will receive after
a surgery, such as:
- pre-operative preparations required
- the type of dressing used (RRD, SSD, IPOP) and reasons for its choice
- average patient's number of days spent in the hospital before transferring
to a rehabilitation centre
- time to initial temporary prosthetic device
- number of prostheses before definitive device
- any other relevant information
From local resources, I have gathered that these factors can be quite
variable and dependent on the facility, physiatrist, surgeon and
prosthetist. By asking you all, I was hoping I would be able learn more
about the process itself and observe if there are any trends in
post-operative care across different regions of countries or nations. Thank
you in advance for any help you may provide me and I hope to hear from you
soon.
Regards,
Linda Lui, B.Sc. (Hons)
First-year Clinical Methods in Prosthetics and Orthotics Student
George Brown College
Toronto, Canada
Citation
Linda Lui, “Information on post-operative care for amputees,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 2, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/232942.
