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| <div class="noeditbox">Welcome to [[WCPT Network for Amputee Rehabilitation Project]]. This page is being developed by participants of a project to populate the Amputees section of Physiopedia.
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| *Please do not edit unless you are involved in this project, but please come back in the near future to check out new information!!
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| *If you would like to get involved in this project and earn accreditation for your contributions, [mailto:[email protected] please get in touch]! | |
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| '''Tips for writing this page:'''
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| #To familiarise the reader with a range of equipment – including prostheses – and their use in the rehabilitation of patients prior to and following amputation.
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| To include the following plus anything else you feel is relevant:
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| <span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Risk Assessment</span>
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| *<span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Carry out (where applicable) an appropriate risk assessment and </span><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">recognise/understand the inherent risk in the provision and use of specialist </span><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">equipment</span>
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| *<span style="line-height: 1.5em;">ndications and contraindications of specific equipment used in the </span><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">management and treatment of lower limb amputees</span>
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| *Advantages and disadvantages of the various types of specialist equipment provided
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| *Advice to discover local regulations and current government legislation relating to Health and Safety and Manual Handling
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| *Professional responsibility of instructing/educating others (patients/clients/careers/relatives & other health professionals) in the safe use of equipment
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| *Many core skills are applicable and transferable to this field of rehabilitation
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| Wheelchairs
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| *Component parts of wheelchairs and explain their influences on posture, mobility, stability and performance
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| *Importance of pressure relief and the means of achieving it
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| *Awareness of the existence of appropriate guidelines and legislation relating to the provision of wheelchairs
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| *Include WHO wheelchair training resource (http://www.who.int/disabilities/publications/technology/wheelchairguidelines/en/ and http://www.who.int/disabilities/technology/wheelchairpackage/en/ and http://www.who.int/disabilities/technology/wheelchairpackage/wstpintermediate/en/))
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| Manual Handling Equipment
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| *Equipment which aids manual handling of patients and independent patient transfers
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| *Safe use of commonly used manual handling equipment used within this patient group
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| Early Walking Aids
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| *Importance of early walking aids as an assessment and treatment tool
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| *Different types of commonly used early walking aids
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| *Different applications of the commonly used early walking aids
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| Prostheses
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| *Prostheses for the most common levels of amputation (link to Prosthetics page in Physiopedia)<br>
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| Walking Aids
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| *Different types of walking aids and evaluate their appropriate use within the rehabilitation process in relation to the ability of the individual amputee and their influence on gait
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