LOWER EXTREMITY AMPUTATION
An amputation is when someone has had surgical removal of part or all of a limb. Rehabilitation consists of teaching the patient to accommodate for their missing limb and (in some cases) training them to us a prosthetic device.
Of the 331 admissions we accepted in FY 2008, 14 patients had a diagnosis of lower extremity amputation. In this year 71% of all patients with a lower extremity amputation who received their care at Lawrence & Memorial Hospital returned to the community-either to their own home or with their family/friends.
Lawrence & Memorial Hospital inpatient Rehabilitation services participate with UDSmr in an outcome measurement tool, which compares our hospital to other rehabilitation units in New England and in the nation. This system, called “FIM” allows us to measure areas of improvement in your abilities from the time of admission to discharge from the rehab unit. This information shows that the average Lower Extremity patient is admitted with an average score of 68.4 and is discharged with an average score of 91.2. This shows an improvement of approximately 22.9%.
