Hip and Knee Total Joint Replacement Surgery - New Options for Pain Management

Walking and discharge just hours after surgery seemed impossible just a few years ago is now the new reality for today’s active total joint candidate. New advances allow for same-day surgical discharge and the reduced need for narcotic painkillers. In this session, we will examine the new strategies and techniques for total hip and knee patients’ implants and post-op pain management. You’ll also gain a crucial understanding of the drug interactions associated with commonly prescribed post-op medications…and how you can use that to improve patient recovery. Participants are encouraged to bring laptops, tablets, and smartphones for an online activity.

• Advanced hip and knee replacements for the active adult.
• Apply the methods used for improved post-operative pain management.
• Demonstrate the use of online tools for pill identification and possible interactions with post-op patients.
• Examine pain control and nerve blocks used for LE surgery.
• Determine the factors of Prescription Opioid addiction and what every caregiver needs to carry.

• Determine pain control and nerve blocks used for LE surgery
  • Introduction
  • Define pre and post-operative oral medications
  • Define the difference of femoral versus obturator LE nerve block
• Examine new joint replacement procedures offering improved function and decreased recovery versus conventional replacements.
  • Direct anterior approach hip versus posterior approach
  • SuperPATH procedure
  • Subvastus total knee replacement and Custom implant designs
• Apply the methods used for improved post-operative pain management
  • Discussion of pain management options
  • Define the use of Exparel (pain) cocktail)
  • Video demonstrations of intra-operative Exparel
• Demonstrate the use of online tools for pill identification and possible interactions in the post-op patient
  • Case presentations of post-op medication list with the use of online tools for identification of medication and interactions
• Determine the factors of Prescription Opioid addiction and what every caregiver needs to carry
  • Discussion of the prescription opioid crisis in the US
  • What makes opioids so addictive
  • The use and administration of Narcan.

This course will help rehab professionals involved in patient care of the LE joint replacement patient including Nurses (RN, BSN. MSN, AARNP, DNP), Therapists (PT, OT, PTA, COTA, MT), ATC, and DC.