Rehabilitation after traumatic injury

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This guideline covers complex rehabilitation needs after traumatic injury, including assessment and goal setting, rehabilitation plans and programmes, physical, psychological and cognitive rehabilitation, rehabilitation for specific injuries, coordination of rehabilitation in hospital, at discharge and in the community, and commissioning and organising rehabilitation services.

Traumatic injury is any major or minor injury that requires admission to hospital at the time of injury, including musculoskeletal, visceral and nerve injuries, soft tissue damage, spinal injury, limb reconstruction and limb loss.

Who is it for?:

1. Healthcare professionals

2. Social care practitioners

3. Commissioners and providers of rehabilitation services

4. Members of the public who have experienced traumatic injury, their families and carers