Patient Education Handouts and Home Exercise 患者教育讲义和家庭作业.pptVIP

Patient Education Handouts and Home Exercise Programming for the Orthopedic and Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis population.  Tia Barbour-Hale Mandy D’Amour Donna Trotter Question What information is most important to put in a handout for patients and their parents and what exercises should be used for the home exercise program sheets for the most commonly seen orthopedic diagnoses in clinic? Goals for CQI 2008-2009 Provide families with increased education through handouts, specifically for the JRA and orthopedics diagnoses. Develop home exercise programs for most commonly seen orthopedic diagnoses. Improve consistency of home programs and education provided to families. Process Compiled a list of most commonly seen diagnoses Literature review on available education and protocols for the above diagnoses Developed format for education handout Assembled data according to format for handout and home exercise programs Printed and educated practitioners for clinic use Most Commonly Seen Diagnoses Addressed Elbow Fracture Brachial Plexus Injury Ankle Sprain Low Back Pain Patellafemoral Pain Hip Pain Shoulder Pain JRA (lower and upper extremity joints) Education Handout Example Elbow Fracture Information for Parents Caregivers How are elbow fractures caused? An elbow fracture is caused by trauma to the elbow bone(s). Trauma can be caused by: falling on an outstretched arm, falling directly on the elbow, direct blow to the elbow, or twisting the elbow beyond the elbows normal range of motion. Symptoms Symptoms include pain, often severe, tenderness, swelling, and bruising around the elbow, numbness in fingers, hand, or lower arm, decreased range of motion, a lump or visible deformity over the fracture site Treatment Treatment will depend on the severity of the injury. Treatment involves putting the pieces of the bone back in position, which may require surgery and keeping the pieces together while the bones heals itself. Devices that may be used to hold the bone i