INNOVATIONS IN PROSTHETICS AND AMPUTEE SUPPORT
Most recent blogs on prosthetics and amputee support
EARLY INTERVENTION
The rehabilitation journey can start as soon as the patient is stabilised, sometimes offering an opportunity to take the first step on that longer journey to greater independence.
Early interventions can dramatically shorten that journey as well as improving the potential prognosis. However this often requires a multidisciplinary team able to have a more holistic view of how to support the patient and ensure a more integrated approach to future care.
BUILDING INDEPENDENCE
Innovations in prosthetics can provide much greater functionality and comfort than ever before
LEARNING NEWS SKILLS, OPENING UP NEW KINDS OF JOBS
Specialist training programmes may be needed to provide access to emergent fields of work that also may match the capabilities and aspirations of the patient.
That could even involve becoming involved in the development of better technologies of using the insights from the lived experience to provide support to peers.
This initiative to provide support for the victims of the war in Ukraine builds directly on the team experience in setting up the humanitarian agency Merlin - now part of Save the Children Fund.
For a snapshot of Merlin's specialisms in 2005 , see the video below
