MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital, Baltimore, MD

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The MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital’s Comprehensive Integrated Inpatient Rehabilitation Program is committed to providing the physical and emotional support needed to help patients recovering from limb loss regain control of their lives. Our clinical staff works together as an interdisciplinary team to design a personalized rehabilitation program for each patient. The program includes a highly skilled group of professionals who plan each patient’s care under the direction of a rehabilitation physician (physiatrist) from MedStar National Rehabilitation Network. Therapies and activities are designed to improve each patient’s functional skills, help him/her to adjust to the loss of a limb, and if appropriate, prepare him or her for fitting with a prosthetic limb. Expert care, coordinated by a case manager to the patient and his or her family, understand the recovery process and consider the options as the patient progresses from inpatient care to home health care, outpatient rehabilitation, and/or community services. Throughout recovery, patients will be given the opportunity to meet or connect with others recovering or having recovered from amputation. We encourage patients to share experiences and strategies for adjustment and recovery. Our clinical staff works together as an interdisciplinary team to design a personalized rehabilitation program for each patient. Our rehabilitation program’s goal is to assist the patient attain their highest level of functioning and independence at this stage of their rehabilitation process.