To all,
I would refer you to the Doug Smith, MD, at Harborview Medical Center/University of Washington. I did an orthopaedic trauma fellowship there and spent one year on faculty. Currently, I am at the University of Oklahoma. At Harborview, the orthotic department was very active in providing external splinting for a number of acute, traumatic scenarios-spine orthosis, temporary splinting for BKA, IPOP, upper extremity fitting, etc. Here in Oklahoma, our orthotists are active with the spine service. As I develop our amputee service here, their use and utility will increase.
This is a bit of a general response, but if you have certain specific questions, Doug would be able to answer a fair number of them.
William Ertl, MD
Department of Orthopaedics
University of Oklahoma
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From: Fraser, Craig [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 10:42 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [OANDP-L] Orthotic Management is Trauma Care
Dear All,
I Manage an Orthotic department in a major trauma centre in Melbourne,
Australia. This is an acute care hospital where the demands on our service
have increased significantly in the last few years.
I believe this has occurred due to referrers gaining a better understanding
of the expertise and skills we can offer, and therefore utilising our
profession to effectivley improve patient treatment regimes whilst also
decreasing Length of Stay.
Our services are very broad and incorprate both a large inpatient and
outpatient service.
I am interested in speaking with (or e-mailing) anyone who has either a
department within an acute care trauma facility, or provides services to
such a facility, and hearing about their experiences?
All responses will be treated confidentially.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Regards
Craig
Craig Fraser
Manager Orthotic & Prosthetic Department
The Alfred
Commercial Road
Prahran Melbourne Australia
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