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1. I was feeling a little unsure about how walking the double amputee patient would go, since he hadnt walked very far over the past 12 months. He has just got new prothesis' and hasnt been wearing them very often . We walked him on the parallel bars for 2 x 6 up and back. we then took him out to the corridor and got him standing using a pulpit frame. We then 2 person assisted him to the end of the corridor, which is the furtherest he had walked in 12 months. I think that at the outset we underestimated how much this patient could do

2. I was happy with the way I stayed close to the patient. Next time we could try to get him to walk further and to get his left leg in a more normal gait pattern. His left leg tended to get caught on his right leg because he was taking in across midline.

3. I was feeling pretty confident that i was close to the patient and if he was to fall i would be there. I became a bit nervous situation when the patient wants to go "bull at a gate" and tries to rush before anything has been explained

4. Next time we will hopefully get to walk the patient more by ourselves, rather than with the supervisor coordinating the movement

5. Next time I think I should be more reassuring and positive about the patients progress, since he was doing so well.

6. I was happy with teh way today went as we got to put hands on more patients and be more involved