Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation:
PM&R provides services to all eligible patients (children, adolescents and adults) at KFMC who have significant functional limitation as a result of acquired or congenital impairment and are medically stable. These services ensure care focusing on preventing further impairment, reducing activity limitation, and minimizing participation restrictions.
Consultation:
The Physiatrist is responsible for providing consultation to the other departments at KFMC and taking decision regarding the Rehabilitation interventions necessary for patients admitted in other wards and requiring rehabilitation. In addition, they are responsible for the outreach program.
A number of services provided by Physiatrists appear to overlap with services provided by other departments,
sections or units in KFMC as follows:
• Spasticity
• EMG
• Urodynamics
Contact Us:
Ext.: 13435/13436/13438
Email: RH@kfmc.med.sa
Communication and Swallowing Disorders Department:
The scope of service of the Communication and Swallowing Disorders Department (CSDD) at King Fahad Medical City is to provide tertiary care speech-language pathology and audiology services in an acute rehabilitative and medical setting. The overall objective of the CSDD's service is to optimize an individual’s ability to communicate and swallow, thereby improving quality of life as per the vision of the rehabilitation hospital. This objective is limited to services that can be delivered within a tertiary care facility.
CSDD Sections:
• Speech-Language Therapy Section
• Swallowing and Voice Section
• Audiology Section
Contact Us:
Reception Ext. 13444 / 13400
Speech Section Ext. 13969
Swallowing Section Ext. 13445
Audiology Section Ext. 14623
Email: CSDD@kfmc.med.sa
Rehabilitation Technology Services:
RTD has been privileged to stand steadily and proudly with other departments at rehabilitation hospital in providing patients rehabilitation services for over ten years. It provides suitable prosthetics and orthotics services and assistive devices that can be used to maintain and improve the functional capabilities of individual with disability. Since inception of the department, it was designed to serve thousands of patients annually as inpatient and outpatient also patient from business center. The department has a number of skilled specialized staff including eight Certified Prosthetist and Orthotist and over fifteen prosthetics and orthotic technicians. RTD commitment continues in providing patients with the best products available today and not available in any other hospitals of Ministry of Health, which helps to improve patient's quality of life.
RTD Units:
• Orthotic unit
• Prosthetic unit
Contact Us:
Ext.: 14813/13434
Email: RH@kfmc.med.sa
Comprehensive Rehabilitation Care Department:
The Comprehensive Rehabilitation Care Department (CRC Department) provides tailored services to meet the Rehabilitation Hospitals' mission in providing high quality rehabilitation services in Saudi Arabia. The main objective of the CRC is to help KFMC patients regain independence in their normal everyday activities, and encourage them to be active persons in the community.
CRC Units:
• Occupational Therapy Unit
• Art Therapy Unit
• Therapeutic recreation unit
• Low vision unit
• Assistive devices unit
Contact Us:
Ext: 13351/13349
Email: RH@kfmc.med.sa
Physical Therapy Department:
Out-patients:
The outpatient physical therapy service is predominately a consultant referral service. We provide specialized musculoskeletal, neurological, and cardiovascular conditions in terms of physical impairments and disabilities. We also provided specialized women health and lymphedema treatment services. We work to provide a clinically effective and integrated patient centered physical therapy service committed to continuing professional development in collaboration with other health professionals in KFMC in order to maximize the health gain of our patients.
In-patients:
We provide specialized therapy to patients who require intensive rehabilitation and 24-hour medical and nursing care. You can expect 2 hours of therapy time per day for 5 days a week until discharge. Our staffs follow a patient-centered philosophy committed to achieving each patient's goal.
We serve patients who are functionally challenged by impairments related to acquired disabilities, diseases, and/or injuries.
We provide specialized care for individuals recovering from: Stroke, Spinal cord injury, Traumatic brain injury, Cancer and other Neurological and Orthopedic conditions.
Acute In-patient:
As part of a multi-disciplinary team, in-patient physical therapists work with acute cases providing assessment, treatment, education and consultation. We evaluate patients and recommend appropriate discharge plans including home, in-patient rehabilitation, or out-patient services.
We receive referrals from medical, surgical, neurology, neurosurgery, oncology, cardiac units in addition to the Women Specialist Hospital.
Pediatrics physical therapy:
• Based in Children Hospital, Physical therapy department serves children from birth through the age of 13.
• The in-patient and out-patient services offer comprehensive physical therapy programs for children with health problems resulting from injury, disease, or congenital conditions, with an emphasis on movement dysfunction.
• We work closely with families to address their needs and to incorporate their goals in developing and implementing their child’s treatment program to reach the maximum possible functional gain.
Contact Us:
Ext: 13328 / 18324
Email: PT@kfmc.med.sa
Amputation Rehabilitation Program:
Amputation is a surgical procedure that involves removal of an extremity or limb (leg or arm) or a part of a limb (such as a toe, finger, foot, or hand), usually as a result of injury, disease, infection, or surgery (to remove tumors from bones and muscles). There are two main categories of limb loss in children, congenital limb deficiency and acquired amputation. According to our own statistics, lower extremity amputation is mainly caused by peripheral vascular disease (PVD) especially if combined with diabetes mellitus, trauma is the second leading cause (e.g. RTA, Blast injuries (fireworks, gunshot)) whereas the main cause of upper extremity amputation is congenital and second cause is traumatic. Management of patients with amputations requires a comprehensive, coordinated, interdisciplinary program throughout the continuum of care. This includes offering the latest practices in medical, prosthetic, and rehabilitation interventions, in order to allow the patients to achieve the highest level of function. Our interdisciplinary rehabilitation team of specialists provides a complete continuum of care for amputees on their physical and emotional journeys to recovery. Rehabilitation is usually provided from the time of acute inpatient hospitalization through a spectrum of inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation care settings. Rehabilitation hospital is an important inpatient station before discharging patient to home where amputees are offered medical, rehabilitation, and nursing services and followed up until discharge from hospital.
Amputation Team:
• Physical medicine consultant (PM&R)
• Prosthetist
• Physical therapists (PT)
• Occupational therapist (OT)
• Nurse
• Social Worker
• Case Manager
Contact Us:
Ext: 13435, 13436, 13438
Email: RH@kfmc.med.sa
Pediatric Rehabilitation Program:
The pediatric Rehabilitation program is organized to provide a family centered, integrated and interdisciplinary team approach to achieving the highest levels of physical, cognitive and social function possible.
The program is founded on the idea that children are not little adults. They generally have less predictable patterns of recovery and a far greater need for flexibility in their care. In addition, they often require a higher level of advocacy on the part of the physician, nurses, therapists and other providers who care for them.
Core Team:
• Physiatrists
• Pediatric psychologists
• Rehabilitation nurses
• Physical therapists
• Occupational therapists
• Speech-language pathologists
• Social workers
• Child life specialists
Contact Us:
Ext.: 9977
Email: RH@kfmc.med.sa
Spinal Cord Injury Program:
In this program, patients who have spinal cord injury below the 4th cervical vertebrae whether it was full or partial injury.
Core Team:
• Physician
• Nurse
• Therapist
• Case manager
Discharge:
The main goal of intensive rehabilitation is to discharge patients to their old community with maximum independence levels or with minimal help from people or devices.
Contact Us:
Ext.: 9977
Email: RH@kfmc.med.sa
Stroke Program:
Stroke program provides medical and nursing services 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Regular scheduled rehabilitation therapy sessions occur Sunday through Thursday. Upon admission to the stroke Program, every individual receives a comprehensive evaluation by each team member initially involved in provision of direct care. During weekly case conferences, Rehab Team meets and develops an individualized plan of care for every patient. This plan of care is based on realistic, achievable and functional goals. Plan of care and estimated length of stay are discussed with the patient and family during Admission Family Meetings.
Stroke Team:
• Physician team leader
• Rehabilitation nursing
• Physical therapist
• Occupational therapist
• Speech language pathologist
• Psychologist & neuropsychologist
• Social worker
• Art therapist
• Vocational councilor
• Case manager
• Therapeutic recreation specialist
• Dietician
• Religious counseling
Contact Us:
Ext: 9977 – 13528 /13529
Email: RH@kfmc.med.sa
Traumatic Brain Injury Program:
Rehabilitation is a key component of the services required by individuals with Traumatic brain injury (TBI) to recover or compensate for impaired abilities and achieve optimal social participation. The TBI Rehab Program at the Rehabilitation Hospital of King Fahad Medical City (KFMC-RH) is one of the few Specialty Programs of its kind in the Kingdome. The TBI Rehab Program at KFMC-RH strives to provide the highest quality of specialized rehabilitation care to those individuals experiencing TBI through highly skilled and qualified interdisciplinary team, with the patient and family being the primary team members.
Core Team:
• Physician team leader
• Rehabilitation nursing
• Physical therapist
• Occupational therapist
• Speech language pathologist
• Psychologist & neuropsychologist
• Social worker
• Art therapist
• Vocational councilor
• Case manager
• Therapeutic recreation specialist
• Dietician
• Religious counseling
Contact Us:
Ext: 9977 – 13528 /13529
Email: RH@kfmc.med.sa