Orthopaedicsurgery.ie is an online version of an established Education Programme for joint replacement surgery. Tullamore Hospital has been running Joint Replacement Education sessions for eight years in tandem with a rapid recovery rehabilitation programme.
More than 7,000 patients a year nationally will benefit with access to a new online resource for patients undergoing hip and knee replacements in Hospitals across Ireland.
Orthopaedicsurgery.ie is an online version of an established Education Programme for joint replacement surgery. Tullamore Hospital has been running Joint Replacement Education sessions for eight years in tandem with a rapid recovery rehabilitation programme. The concept of a website to compliment the Education programme was under development before the current pandemic and was accelerated to accommodate patients and their family/carers who cannot now attend Joint School in advance of their surgery, due to safety restrictions around Covid -19. Joint Education affords patients and carers an opportunity to learn more about and prepare for their surgery. It empowers patients to be an active participant in recovery and carries the patient and their carers along their hip and knee replacement journey from pre-assessment appointment, to Arthroplasty nurse specialist, to meeting the Anaesthetist, Surgeon, Physiotherapist, Occupational therapist and Dietician. The resource provides video content with advice and education online, with information leaflets and video presentations from the multidisciplinary team. Videos include demonstration of how the anaesthesia and surgery is performed, showing patients what to expect from theatre, demonstrating postoperative physiotherapy and how to get dressed and return to daily activities safely.
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