CARE OF THE AMPUTEE: Management from the Perioperative to Community Setting - Course Brochure
When: Friday, October 30, 2009
Where: Carr Auditorium, San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center
Course Chairs:
Lisa U. Pascual, MD
Chief of Rehabilitation Department
San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center
Laguna Honda Hospital and Rehabilitation Center
Assistant Clinical Professor
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Walter Racette, CPO
Director of Prosthetics and Orthotics
Associate Clinical Professor
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Bonnie Seaman, PT
Director of Rehabilitation Department
San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center
Course Overview:
This course provides a comprehensive interdisciplinary review of the management of patients who undergo amputation, from the perioperative period through outpatient management. This program will help clinicians understand how the care they render may impact an amputee’s future functional status.
Highlights of this course will include: perspectives of amputee care from an interdisciplinary faculty, practical information for hands on care and learning points that will assist the clinician in educating patients about future expectations and function.
Objectives:
Learn about important concepts in the care of the amputee patient including:
• acute and long term management of the amputee patient
• decision making regarding amputation level
• how amputation level affects prosthetic candidacy and functional expectations
• importance of postoperative care in the success of an amputee patient and
• management of common problems encountered in the community setting
Register: https://www.cme.ucsf.edu/cme/CourseDetail.aspx?coursenumber=MMC10031