ispo 2006 - fremantle solving clinical issues in patient management

ISPO 2006 - FremantleISPO 2006 - Fremantle

Solving Clinical Issues in Patient Solving Clinical Issues in Patient ManagementManagement

Scientific Program

The Therapeutic Goods Act – Symposium

Mr Robert Love – multiple limb attachment under the media spotlight

Free Papers

Clinical Professor Fiona Wood – scar outcomes in major injuries

Dr Julie Dockerty – the course & complications of meningococcal disease

The Therapeutic Goods Act

1.5 hour symposium on the changes to the TGA and it’s implications for prosthetists & orthotists

Explanation of the essential principles Realities of implementing the changes and

effects on clinical practice

Mr Robert Love – a case study of multiple limb reattachment under the media spotlight

Mr Love – consultant plastic surgeon from Princess Margaret Hospital, Perth

Terry Vo, aged 10, amputated both hands and a foot in a backyard accident at Easter 2005

Mr Love led the 8 surgeon team who reattached all 3 limbs

Terry’s immediate management, progress and the media response to the incident

Outcome: fantastic example of co-ordinated team effort and associated costs

successful attachment of both hands with some functional activity available

loss of reattached foot

cynicism for media reporting abilities!

Clinical Professor Fiona Wood – scar outcomes in major injuries

Australian of the Year – 2005 Led the team that treated the burns victims of the

2002 Bali bombing Quality of scar outcome can be influenced at every

stage of therapy & all interventions affect the resulting scar

Discussed ‘spray on skin’ technology Ultimate aim is to ensure the quality of the outcome

is worth the pain of survival

Dr Julie Dockerty – the course & complications of meningococcal disease

Occurs worldwide as isolated cases, community-based outbreaks & epidemics

Leading global cause of rapidly fatal sepsis in previously healthy individuals

Transmission is by respiratory droplets and may lead to septicaemia or meningitis

Treatment is with appropriate antibiotics and supportive measures such as fluid resuscitation, inotropes and ventilatory support

Complications include mental retardation, deafness, hemiparesis and amputation

A combination vaccine is available offering protection against a number of serotypes but not for serotype B which is the commonest form in Australia.

Free Papers

Removable rigid dressings: a retrospective case note audit to determine the validity of post amputation application

Australian amputees’ expectations of the prosthetists’ behavioural role: preliminary findings

Fewer, older, sicker? A retrospective audit of amputation at the Royal Melbourne Hospital

Embodied pain: the interaction between prosthesis use and phantom pain