Biopsychosocial

• What is the role of the call handler on 999?

  Ensures relevant emergency services are notified

  Identifies the seriousness of injury
• How long can skeletal muscle tolerate ischemia without permanent injury?

  2 hours
• What people are involved in the trauma team?

  Trauma team leader

  Anaesthetist

  Primary nurse

  Secondary nurse

  Neurologist

  Radiologist & radiology technician

  Emergency physician

  Scribe
• Who are the Health & Safety Executive?

  National regulator for health & safety in the workplace

  Responsible for ensuring procedures are followed & enforce the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases & Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR)
• What is the rate of depression in amputation?

  Around 30%
• What is the aim of the prosthetic rehabilitation services?

  Restore basic mobility to those with limb loss

  Facilitate an individual's return to work & ability to pursue recreational activity & hobbies
• What is CBT (link to amputation)?

  Set goals for patient

  Create problem solving techniques

  Help to challenge negative thinking

  Help come to terms with missing limb

  Help adapt to new sense of body image
• What is the role of an occupational therapist with an amputee patient?

  Work on returning to specific activities to achieve their goals

  Healthy coping strategies

  Install grab bars in washrooms
• Who uses PARC?

  Limb loss from surgery or congenital deformity

  Patients who will benefit from an artificial limb
• What is PARC?

  Prosthetic & amputee rehabilitation centre
• What happens in PARC?

  Taught techniques to help you move around easier

  Pre prosthetic rehab

  Assess needs & help to achieve function, mobility & independence
• When are you eligible for statutory sick pay (SSP)?

  Employees who have had 3 months continuous employment (even on a 0 hour contract)
• What are employers required by law to do with regards to work-related incidents?

  Report to Health & Safety Executive

  Need to keep records of serious work-related accidents, industrial diseases & incidents with potential to cause harm
• What are the 9 stages of patient rehabilitation?

  Pre-operative

  Amputation surgery

  Acute post surgical

  Pre-prosthetic

  Prosthetic prescription

  Prosthetic training

  Community integration

  Vocational rehabilitation

  Follow up