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When Things Go Wrong with Active Vacuum Suspension (AM2024-OS03)
2024 Annual Meeting Education Content
Keyword(s)
#AM2024, Annual Meeting, Vacuum Suspension, OS03
Learning Objectives:
- Review of active vacuum suspension foundational principles, standard implementation methods, and commonly encountered problems with the application of active vacuum suspension
- Build confidence to reduce the occurrence of challenges encountered with active vacuum suspension.
- Build knowledge for troubleshooting problems with active vacuum suspension during follow-up visits.
Credit Information
1.75 CEUs for Certified Prosthetists
Author(s)
Kristen Carnahan, CPO, Tara Wright, MSOP, CPO, LPO, FAAOP, Shane Grubbs, CPO/L, FAAOP, Seth O'Brien, CP, FAAOP(D), Sarah Teal, CP, LP, Claire Kilpatrick, Beth Petrovic
Description
Have you dabbled in the application of active vacuum suspension but run into issues that have left you and your patient frustrated or taken up too much of your valuable time trying to problem-solve? This session is intended to reinforce the primary foundational principles of active vacuum implementation and take some of the mystery out of commonly encountered issues. You should leave this session with confidence to reduce the occurrence of some problems and more efficiently resolve others.