****Course cancelled due to guidelines being followed by the CDC and MDH to limit group gatherings.  

Upper Extremity Splinting in the Acute Care Setting

Limited space in this course due to lab

Audience: Acute Care OT, COTA
Course level: Introductory, Intermediate
Date: Wednesday, April 8, 2020
Check in time: 5:15-5:30 PM
Course time: 5:30-8:30 PM
Location: Fairview MS Achievement Center
2200 University Avenue W#140
Saint Paul, MN 55114
Course fee: $50.00
Group Discounts: If three people from the same organization register for a course, each person will receive a 10% discount. Four or more registered will receive a 15% discount. Please email or call ahead of time with the names of the people who will be registering as a group, [email protected] or 612-672-5607.

For Group discounts:  USE CODE rehab10 for 10% discount and rehab15 for 15% discount for group. 

Contact hours: 2.5
Course intended to be completed in full.  If you need to arrive late or leave early the CE department must be notified before course takes place for contact hours to be adjusted.
AOTA: Hours for partial credit will be adjusted on your course certificate.  OT/COTA are able to claim the hours actually attended.  AOTA logo will remain on course certificate. 
Cancellation Policy:  Cancellation Fee will apply
Course Description:

In this class we will explore diagnosis as well as splinting application in the acute care setting. Patient populations will range from medical care, oncology, neurologic and ICU. Attendees will get a hands on experience in assessing needs, understanding contraindications,  fabricating and fitting splints as well as splint maintenance and follow up. 

Speakers:

Wayne Zerr, OTR/L Since graduating from the University of Minnesota program in Occupational Therapy, Wayne Zerr has been an Occupational therapist in the Fairview system for the last 14 years. He began his career in hand therapy for 2+yeears and transitioned into acute care initially splitting his time in the burn Unit at Regions hospital and then moving full time to M Health East bank campus. At M Health Wayne has continued his focus on splinting, ICU and most recently Gender Re-assignment rehabilitation.  

Cally Haderaj, OTR/L Graduated with her MAOT from St. Catherine's University December 2012. Cally began her employment with Fairview in March of 2013. Throughout her time with Fairview, she has trained into the transitional care unit, acute care unit, ortho and mental health at the riverside campus, Princeton hand therapy, south dale hospital, MS achievement center and east bank hospital.  I am trained into a vast facets of settings, including neurology, orthopedics, cardiac rehab, general medicine, surgical units, inpatient and out-patient hand therapy.

Objectives:
Upon completion of this interactive course, the participant will be able to
  • Identify symptoms that could be resolved by splinting
  • Identify contraindications of splinting
  • Recognize basic hand anatomy required in splinting
  • Apply fabrication on entry level splint 
Agenda:

5:15-5:30 pm                   Check in time
5:30-6 pm                        Lecture:
                                        -Hand anatomy review
                                        -Diagnosis
                                        -Symptoms    
                                        -Contraindications
6-6:30 pm                        Splinting demo by instructors                                
6:30-8:30 pm                   Lab: Fabricating and fitting Splints                                           
                                        Lecture: Splinting Maintenance and follow up