Prosthetic Trauma

Blunt force trauma is when a victim is hit with a weapon. This weapon can be a bat, pipe,

What is the impact of historical trauma on a particular client population? How can Trauma Informed principals be used to reduce the impact of historical trauma on specific clients?

I. Theoretical and Research Basis for Treatment While working with Precious it has become clear that she has gone through a number of traumas as a child and up until her young adulthood. Precious, dealing with both sexual and physical abuse, has come a long way in wanting to seek treatment and actually wanting to move past her previous traumas. Relevant treatment choices for Precious would be Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Trauma focused cognitive behavior therapy Exposure therapy Cognitive Processing Therapy Integrative treatment of complex trauma for adolescents.

In the immediate, as well as long-term aftermath of exposure to trauma, children are at risk of developing significant emotional and behavior difficulties (CWIG, 2012). The most damaging types of trauma include early physical and sexual abuse, neglect, emotional/psychological abuse, exposure to domestic violence and other forms of child maltreatment (Hoch, 2009). Research has shown that children that are exposed to these types of trauma will experience developmental delays including language and verbal processing. Also, they will have risk of poor physiological and psychosocial functioning, and will be vulnerable to emotional and behavioral dysregulation disorders, thus, leading to an increase risk of poor outcomes including substance abuse, suicidality, teen pregnancy and paternity, criminal activity, and revictimization (Hoch, 2009).

The second question stated, “What did your path toward recovery look like and what helped you?” She answered,

If you compare medical procedures of over one hundred years ago to today's, you could realize the colossal jump forward we’ve made. During the Civil War, things as simple as treating a small wound could lead to death. The big difference is between how amputations were performed during the 1860’s and how they are performed today. My goal in this paper is to inform you on surgical procedures, amputation techniques and prosthetics of the Civil War.

The information in this literature review was collected from an expert interview and the search databases Science Direct, PubMed, and Google Scholar. The expert for the expert interview was selected based on experience with designing prosthetics for individuals that had lost their hand and potentially part of their arm (Birdwell, 2016). The databases were searched using keywords “spinal cord injury”, “hand movement”, and “fine motor movement”. In PubMed the selection was also narrowed down by selecting only studies done on humans. New terminology was searched through science direct due to the built in function that allows for key words from the article to be selected for further information from multiple books or journals.

A study was performed by Merzenich in 1986 in which the index finger of a monkey was amputated, and signals were monitored in the corresponding part of the monkey's corticol map (3). Since the monkey's finger was no longer attached to the body, the logical hypothesis is that there would be no signals coming from the finger's area to the nervous system. However, every time the two fingers adjacent to that of the amputated one were touched, there were nerve impulses in the spinal cord. This led the scientists to believe that there are existing axon branches that become unbranched after normal input ends.

I will be looking at case scenario two and working alongside Kyra (Ms Y) who is a refugee with a history of trauma. The client is experiencing distress, grief, loss, and depression after arriving in Australia and has multiple unmet needs. In the following essay I will critically discuss and justify how I might engage with the client by applying the three helping process phases, as well as introducing a number of topics such as: identifying the key issues, any bias to the subjective information provided, any qualities that might enhance engagement, consider what information I would need to collect, and recommendations to my boss. There are three phases in the helping process and each phase involves tasks to be accomplished. They are: “Exploration, engagement, assessment and planning,” “Implementation and goal attainment,” and lastly, “Termination.”

The ulnar or medial collateral ligament is one of two ligaments that is a part of the elbow joint, running along the medial side of the arm and acts as the connection between the distal portion of the humerus to the proximal portion of the ulna. The ulnar collateral ligament is largely responsible for the stability and use of the elbow as well as assisting in the flexing and extending of the arm. The ulnar collateral ligament can become overly damaged in a few different ways, such as a broken arm where the broken fragment of bone severs the ligament, or a severe impact or collision that causes the ligament to stretch beyond its elastic capabilities, leading to a sprain or even a tear. While this type of traumatic injury is highly possible, the most common

Trauma exposure is usually associated with soldiers. Trauma can happen anywhere and to anyone; it can happen to our friends, neighbors, relatives, or our children. Trauma can involve those directly involved or to those who listen to the stories. The resiliency of people is seen through our ability to recover from traumatic experiences such as war, famine, community violence, and interpersonal violence. Traumatic experiences do leave traces, whether on a large scale (like history and cultures) or close to home, on our families with dark secrets being passed down through the generations (van der Kolk, B., 2014). These trauma experiences leave traces on our emotions and cognitions, which show themselves as symptoms of stress, flashbacks,

Prosthetic limbs have been around for centuries, but what is one thing they all have in common? They have all been a nuisance. In recent years technology of the modern day Prosthesis has ventured to new heights, but they have not perfected an artificial limb yet. With the amount of people in need of prosthetic limbs, the demand for a perfect prosthesis is tremendous. The perfect prosthesis shouldn’t feel or even look like an artificial limb. Prosthetics should go unnoticed throughout the rest of the amputee’s life.

• Cold temperatures When lifting, maintain an upright position and avoid bending and twisting. Avoid lifting while sitting.

such as static prosthesis, simple artificial limbs like peg legs which do not enable the person

Amputation often causes patients to experience sensory illusions that the limb is still present. This is often called a phantom limb. This sense of having a phantom limb is a natural and frequent development during the recovery of an amputation. (1) (2) It is reported that at first, the phantom limb feels normal in size and shape, but in time this illusion of the size of the phantom limb usually becomes smaller.(1)