What is AO course?
What is AO course?
The AO is the world’s leading education provider to health care professionals working in the fields of trauma and musculoskeletal disorders. To date, more than 600,000 health care professionals from over 124 countries have participated in AO courses.
What does AO Foundation stand for?
The foundation had its origins in a Swiss study group, Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Osteosynthesefragen (German for “working group for bone fusion issues”) or AO, founded in Switzerland in 1958 and runs training courses on methods of bone plating and fracture surgical treatment in many countries.
What is an AO Fellowship?
The AO Trauma fellowship program aims to enhance orthopedic training and continuous professional development. For this purpose, AO Trauma has an international network of prestigious fellowship host centers.
What are the main principles of dealing with a suspected fracture?
They are as follows:
- Anatomic reduction of the fracture fragments – For the diaphysis, anatomic alignment ensuring that length, angulation, and rotation are corrected as required; intra-articular fractures demand anatomic reduction of all fragments.
- Stable fixation, absolute or relative, to fulfill biomechanical demands.
What is AO Orthopedic?
In 1958 a group of Swiss general and orthopaedic surgeons established the AO (Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Osteosynthesefragen) or the Association of the Study of Internal Fixation (ASIF) to strive to transform the contemporary treatment of fractures in Switzerland.
What is AO trauma?
The AO is a medically-guided, not-for-profit organization, a global network of surgeons, and the premier education, innovation, and research organization for the surgical treatment of trauma and musculoskeletal disorders.
How do I get AO Fellowship?
Fellows are selected in several steps, involving the National Councils and the Regional Boards of each AO Trauma region.
- First, each application is reviewed and evaluated by members of the National Council of the applicant’s country of work.
- Next, the application goes to the Regional Fellowship Coordinator (RFC).
Do and don’ts of fractures and sprains?
Keep the injured area from moving Do’s and don’ts for not moving the injury: Put a rigid material (splint) next to the injury, and tie or tape it in place. Secure the splint above and below the injury. Don’t increase damage by straightening an injury.
How many days should you ice a broken bone?
Put ice or a cold pack on the area for 10 to 20 minutes at a time. Try to do this every 1 to 2 hours for the next 3 days (when you are awake) or until the swelling goes down.
What is AO surgery?
What does AO splint stand for?
▪ AO (short leg posterior with stirrup) – All ankle fractures.
What are 3 things you should not do while splinting?
Never stick items under your splint to scratch the skin. Do not use oils or lotions near your splint. If the skin becomes red or sore around the edge of the splint, you may pad the edges with a soft material, such as moleskin, or use tape to cover the edges.
