Assist patients with disabling conditions of limbs and spine or with partial or total absence of limb by fitting and preparing orthopedic braces or prostheses.

Other names for Orthotists and Prosthetists: American Board Certified Orthotist (ABC Orthotist), Artificial Limb Fitter, Board Certified and Licensed Orthotist/Prosthetist, BOC Orthotist/Prosthetist (Board for Orthotist/Prosthetist Certification Orthotist/Prosthetist), Certified Orthotic Fitter, Certified Orthotist (CO), Certified Prosthetist (CP), Certified Prosthetist/Orthotist (CPO), Licensed Certified Orthotist, Licensed Prosthetist/Orthotist (LPO), Orthopedic Assistant, Orthopedic Mechanic, Orthotic/Prosthetic Practitioner, Orthotics Assistant, Orthotics Clinic Manager, Orthotist, Orthotist/Prosthetist, Pedorthist, Prosthetics Assistant, Prosthetist, Upper Extremity Prosthetics Clinical Director,

• Examine, interview, and measure patients in order to determine their appliance needs, and to identify factors that could affect appliance fit.
• Fit, test, and evaluate devices on patients, and make adjustments for proper fit, function, and comfort.
• Instruct patients in the use and care of orthoses and prostheses.
• Design orthopedic and prosthetic devices, based on physicians' prescriptions, and examination and measurement of patients.
• Maintain patients' records.
• Make and modify plaster casts of areas that will be fitted with prostheses or orthoses, for use in the device construction process.
• Select materials and components to be used, based on device design.
• Confer with physicians in order to formulate specifications and prescriptions for orthopedic and/or prosthetic devices.
• Repair, rebuild, and modify prosthetic and orthopedic appliances.
• Construct and fabricate appliances or supervise others who are constructing the appliances.
• Train and supervise orthopedic and prosthetic assistants and technicians, and other support staff.
• Update skills and knowledge by attending conferences and seminars.
• Show and explain orthopedic and prosthetic appliances to healthcare workers.
• Research new ways to construct and use orthopedic and prosthetic devices.
• Publish research findings, and present them at conferences and seminars.

• Hex keys
• Anvils
• Power sanders
• Bending machines
• Cast cutters or saws
• Cast cutters or saws
• Power saws
• Hammers
• Milling cutters
• Deburring equipment
• Desktop computers
• Calipers
• Protractors
• Digital camcorders or video cameras
• Scanners
• Drilling machines
• Masks or accessories
• Electromyography EMG units or accessories
• Files
• Pressure indicators
• Goniometers
• Power grinders
• Files
• Rasps
• Tongs
• Sewing machines
• Laboratory safety ovens
• Laboratory mechanical convection ovens
• Notebook computers
• Levels
• Scanners
• Medical exam or non surgical procedure gloves
• Medical tape measures
• Personal computers
• Personal digital assistant PDAs or organizers
• Pipe vises
• Power buffers
• Power drills
• Power planes
• Power sanders
• Rulers
• Electro pneumatic transducers
• Punching pliers
• Goggles
• Utility knives
• Shears
• Medical staff isolation or surgical masks
• Tablet computers
• Power routers
• Pipe or tube cutters
• Reamers
• Utility knives
• Vacuum molding machines
• Vacuum molding machines
• Power routers
• Alignment jig
• Welders
• Bench vises
• Heat guns
• Lathes

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