Interdisciplinary Insights for Acute Care Progression of
Lower Limb Loss (Recorded Webinar)
Presented by Alicia White and John Fergason
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Following amputation surgery and during the acute care stage, evaluation findings are critical for developing a rehabilitation plan that helps the patient achieve their goals. However, this can be challenging, and limb loss often isn’t well addressed in educational programs.
Join us for our webinar and learn how to incorporate evaluation findings into rehabilitative care plans for patients with lower limb loss. We’ll discuss important considerations such as common postoperative complications and contraindications, vital signs that can affect your therapy session, residual limb compression and protection techniques, and more. You’ll also learn how to progress treatment plans based on evaluation findings and available documentation.
Meet your instructors
Alicia White
Dr. Alicia White graduated from Baldwin Wallace University in 2004 with a degree in athletic training. She continued her studies at the University of Miami, where she earned a doctorate in physical therapy in 2007. Dr. White worked at the Center for the Intrepid in San Antonio, Texas, for 10 years, treating high-level…
John Fergason
John Fergason is the chief prosthetist at the Center for the Intrepid at San Antonio Military Medical Center. He was formerly an instructor and clinical manager for the Prosthetics-Orthotics Program at UT Southwestern in Dallas, Texas, and proceeded to become the director of the Division of Prosthetics-Orthotics at the…
Chapters & learning objectives
1. Acute Care Evaluation of the Patient With Lower Limb Loss
In this chapter, we’ll discuss how evaluating previous documentation and current findings will enable you to design and implement an appropriate care plan for the lower limb amputee.
2. Therapeutic Interventions for Immediate Postoperative Amputation
In this chapter, we’ll discuss how to use a completed evaluation to develop a plan of care for a patient post limb amputation surgery and provide appropriate therapeutic interventions that are vital for the acute care phase of prosthetic rehabilitation.
3. Prosthetic Intervention in the Acute Care Stage of Rehabilitation
In this chapter, we’ll discuss residual limb compression as a key aspect of pain control and why limb protection is also necessary to prevent injury and discomfort during mobility and transfers.