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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
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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.
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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