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In A Hospital’s Orthopaedic Department Physical Therapy

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A physiotherapy technologist who graduated in 2004 Massage Therapy Airdrie Stephanie Rotundo began her career in a. Private clinic. In 2008, she joined St. Mary’s Hospital Center in Montreal, where she practiced in the geriatrics. Department before joining the orthopedic department team in 2010.

Who Are The Patients Treated In Orthopedics?

Our patients are adults who have undergone surgery such as the fitting of a hip, knee or shoulder prosthesis. Others had to be operated on following a fracture.

Among the other patients treated on our floor, we must mention a geriatric or medical clientele. These are, for example, elderly patients who are losing their autonomy and who have fallen or who present with balance disorders.

What Kinds Of Activities Occupy Your Day?

The days are always very busy! We start by reviewing the situation of all the patients on the floor. During an interdisciplinary meeting in which the other professionals on the floor take part. Such as the head nurse, the physiotherapy professionals the occupational therapists the social worker and occasionally doctors. Then we meet the patients who are likely to be discharged and returned home. Finally we meet the patients who were operated on the day before to get to know each other and establish the treatment plan. Following their evaluation, we give exercises to the patients, we work on transfers to the bed and to the chair. Walking with technical assistance and the use of stairs.

What Qualities Do You Need To Practice Orthopedics In A Hospital Environment?

You have to be able to adapt quickly to unforeseen circumstances and be efficient in managing your time. It is not uncommon to arrive in the morning and find that several patients have been added during the night.

You also need to have good critical judgment because it is we who decide with the internist. If the patient is ready for a return home and who determine the resources he may need during this transition.

Empathy is also an essential quality towards the families as towards the patients because it often happens. That the latter are no longer able to return home and that they must be transferred to a CHSLD. This change of living environment can be difficult to live with.

Of course, you also have to be able to work well as a team, whether it’s establishing the most appropriate plans for patients or arranging their discharge as well as possible.

How Does Teamwork Make A Difference To Patients?

I am thinking of the case of a patient who does her dialysis in our hospital three times a week and who broke her ankle on leaving the hospital. She was hospitalized in our service. The social worker, occupational therapist and I worked together to find the best options, knowing that she was living with her daughter and that was where she was going to go when she was discharged. First, in physiotherapy, I tried to make her as mobile and independent as possible. The occupational therapist and I taught her daughter how to perform chair and bed transfers.

I sometimes meet this patient when she comes back for her dialysis and, when I see her, I know that her follow-up in our service has been a success since she now moves more easily. Teamwork makes the difference in the hospital environment.

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