OPC Prosthetics Written case studies
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The OPC Prosthetics Written Exam - the Registration Written Exam - is one of the two CBCPO certification examinations that Orthotics Prosthetics Canada requires of candidates seeking the Certified Prosthetist in Canada, CP(c), credential. Certification is awarded as an attestation of competency for the public, those who require orthotic/prosthetic services, and those in other health professions. The OPC Prosthetics Written case studies are 5 cases and about 2,761 words.
1The Diabetic Transtibial Candidate with a Questionable Limb
A 58-year-old man with type 2 diabetes and end-stage renal disease on hemodialysis presents for transtibial prosthetic evaluation 9 weeks after amputation. His residual limb is 12 cm below the tibial plateau, conical, with a 3 cm distal area of thin, shiny, hairless skin that blanches and stays blanched for several seconds after light pressure.
655 words, about 3 min2The Active Young Woman Requesting a 'Running Blade'
A 24-year-old woman with a traumatic transtibial amputation 8 months ago presents requesting a 'running blade' as her primary prosthesis. She is a competitive recreational soccer player and wants to return to running and possibly sprinting.
566 words, about 3 min3The Socket That Keeps Failing: Design Decisions Under Constraints
A 67-year-old man with a transfemoral amputation secondary to peripheral vascular disease has been fitted with a quadrilateral socket and a locking-knee prosthesis. Over 6 months he has returned three times with distal residual limb redness, a 1.5 cm superficial abrasion over the distal femur, and complaints that the limb 'bottoms out' and that he feels like he is 'sitting in a bucket.' His residual limb is short (18 cm from ischium), firm, with a healed but thin distal scar.
523 words, about 3 min4Follow-Up: A New Pain Six Months After Delivery
A 45-year-old woman with a transtibial amputation, fitted 6 months ago with a suction-suspension total-surface-bearing prosthesis, returns complaining of a new burning pain over the anterior distal tibia that began 3 weeks ago. She has been walking more because she started a new job requiring 8 hours on her feet.
521 words, about 3 min5The Pressure to Bill and the Ethical Line
You are a prosthetist in a small practice. A referring physician's office has been sending you a steady stream of patients and has begun asking you to 'make sure the documentation supports the highest-level device' for each patient so the physician's clinic can capture more revenue from associated services.
496 words, about 2 min