The voice of the American Professional torture Care Association THE AMERICAN PROFESSIONAL detriment CARE ASSOCIATION (APWCA) was fixed in 2001 to bring together health care professionals from various disciplines in an effort to facilitate an integrated.The voice of the American Professional torture Care Association THE AMERICAN PROFESSIONAL detriment CARE ASSOCIATION (APWCA) was fixed in 2001 to bring together health care professionals from various disciplines in an effort to facilitate an integrated, multidisciplinary approach to pain care. The benefits of a team approach are well documented in the medical literature, of the like kind as the improved outcomesseen in bake patients who were cared for by the agency of a multidisciplinary team. The detriment care literature reports similar succes stories, similar as a reduction in lower limb los related to ulceration, infection, and ischemia when a multidisciplinary team managed patient care. The APWCA is the brainchild of Steven R Kravitz, DPM FAPWCA, executive director, and Robert Gunther, DPM FAPWCA, president. "The mission of APWCA is to help decrease the rate of complications from chronic tortures accelerate wound healing, and maintain or enhance the quality of life for these patients," Dr Gunther said. "APWCA addresses its mission by dint of providing high-quality, interactive, interdisciplinary medical education and by way of serving as an informational resource for at-risk patients and the lay public at large." Said Dr Kravitz, "APWCA is dedicated to decreasing the rate of lower limb amputation and decreasing the morbidity from chronic pangs It's estimated that 50% to 80% of the amputations performed in the United States are preventable. Health care professionals working as a team can help bring that number down to size." Copyright Springhouse Corporation Jan/Feb 2003 |
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