Clinical Guidelines for Upper Extremity Amputation Rehabilitation

Clinical Guidelines for Upper Extremity Amputation Rehabilitation is organized by AAACEUs. This Course has been approved for a maximum of Credit Hours: 12.

Course Overview:
Outline:
Clinical Guideline Summary
•  Background
•  Long-Term Goals of Upper Extremity Amputation Rehabilitation Care
•  Algorithm
•  Evidence Review
•  Evidence Assessment
•  Recommendations
•  Core Modules
Core 1: The Care Team Approach
Core 2: Comprehensive Interdisciplinary Assessments
Core 3: Patient-Centered Care
1. Patient-centered rehabilitation plan
2. Discharge plan
3. Rehabilitation Interventions
4. Pain management
5. Patient education
6. Peer support
Phases of Rehabilitation Care
•  Perioperative Phase
•  Pre-prosthetic Phase
1. Prosthesis options
2. Prosthesis prescription
•  Prosthetic Training Phase
1. Prosthesis education
2. Prosthetic training
•  Lifelong Care Phase

Course Objectives:
•  Discuss the key principles of rehabilitation and clinical care for patients with upper limb amputation
•  Explain the key domains of care and applicable goals of amputation rehabilitation
•  Discuss the four phases of care which create a framework for rehabilitation and long term management of patients with an upper limb amputation.
•  Describe the three Core modules that highlight essential elements of care encompassed within all phases of care following upper limb amputation.