Total Knee/Hip Arthroplasty: The First 72 Hours

Jason Handschumacher, PT, DPT, OCS

Online Course

Includes all course content in digital format

Prerequisites Required
2 hours - Provided by Summit Professional Education

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Description

Therapists are outnumbered. By 2025, there will be 650,000 Total Hip Replacements and 1.2 million Total Knee Replacements annually in the United States. "Fast tracking",anesthesia advances, minimally invasive procedures and pre-operative planning are maximizing patient lives. This course will teach you how you can best address these patients in your setting and how you can optimize outcomes at the same time. Interact with a dynamic instructor and other therapists so we can work cooperatively ensuring the most functional and cost-effective outcomes.

Highlights

  • Pre-operative management, education, planning and coordination
  • Post operative care, treatment focus, and functional progression timelines
  • Fast tracking preoperatively and postoperatively

Learning Objectives

  1. Examine variations of management across settings of immediate knee and hip replacement patients.
  2. Analyze the patient outcome benefits and potential revenue from pre-operative therapy, education, exercise, and home assessments.

Course Content

Total Knee/Hip Arthroplasty: The First 72 Hours
SCORM Package
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Module
  1. Pre-Operative Management, Education, Planning and Coordination
    1. Fast tracking, prosthesis selection options, and care coordination
    2. Pre-operative education and exercise – potential revenue increases
    3. Home visits and assessments for optimal discharge
  2. Post Operative care, Treatment Focus and Functional Progression Timelines
    1. Implication of outpatient and 24-hour discharges
    2. Enhanced operative and post operative anesthesia effects
    3. Acute care, home health and outpatient considerations for PT and OT
Jason Handschumacher, PT, DPT, OCS is a licensed physical therapist with more than 20 years of clinical practice across all spectrums of rehabilitation and in some of the top facilities in the country. Currently, he is in practice with The Medical University of South Carolina working daily in a clinic within the fitness center of an active adult community. His focus is on non-operative and post-operative spinal care with this age population. He has been a Board Certified Orthopaedic Clinical Specialist through the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties since 2006. He is Certified in Dry Needling through the American Academy of Manipulative Therapy. He has additional advanced manual therapy training through the North American Institute of Orthopaedic Manual Therapy. He has additional certifications in Selective Functional Movement Assessment, therapeutic taping, and instrument assisted soft tissue mobilization. In addition to the full-time clinical practice, he travels nationally presenting continuing education seminars and speaking at rehab conferences bringing a real-world perspective to other clinicians. Dr. Handschumacher earned his bachelor's degree in exercise science from Miami University, a Master of Physical Therapy degree and a Doctor of Physical Therapy from Shenandoah University. He is a member of the American Physical Therapy Association Orthopaedic Academy and South Carolina Chapters.

DISCLOSURES

FINANCIAL: Jason Handschumacher is compensated by Summit as an instructor.

NONFINANCIAL: Jason Handschumacher has no non-financial relationships to disclose.

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