Milwaukee, WI
Milwaukee physical therapist one of few to work with burn victims
Physical therapist helps burn victims
She’s the only physical therapist in Wisconsin certified to treat burn victims and she’s been doing it in Milwaukee for more than three decades.
MILWAUKEE – She’s the only physical therapist in Wisconsin certified to treat burn victims and she’s been doing it in Milwaukee for more than three decades.
Inside a long hallway at Ascension Columbia St. Mary’s Hospital, Sara Harwood sees movement like medicine.
“We’re very progressive when it comes to mobility and function,” Harwood said.
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Sara Harwood and Russell Worden
Since 1991, she’s worked with burn patients to get them back on their feet post-injury.
“We work on a lot of exercise. We work on a lot of positioning strategies,” she said. “We work on a lot of splinting to help minimize negative outcomes that can happen.”
And she’s exactly why Russell Worden, from Seymour, is here.
“She knows what she’s doing. She’s not afraid to push you, because she knows that that’s what the patient needs,” Worden said. “But at the same time, she knows your limits, and she’s not going to push you to like an extreme.”
Ascension Columbia St. Mary’s Hospital
The 31-year-old suffered burns on nearly half of his upper body and his ears in a welding accident last August. He’s now spending a month in Milwaukee with Harwood.
“When you’re at home, but you can’t do everything like you normally used to, it’s a real test of patience,” he said.
Harwood is Wisconsin’s only physical therapist certified by the American Burn Association to provide the type of hands-on care that burn victims need.
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Sara Harwood and Russell Worden
“I really want people to trust the level of care that we can provide,” Harwood said.
She’s helping guide them forward by measuring progress both big and small.
Harwood is one of just 38 certified burn therapists around the world. As for Worden, he’s hoping to be back working, snowboarding and just being active soon.
National Burn Awareness Week runs through the first week of February.
The Wisconsin Department of Justice and Milwaukee police are searching for a vulnerable, critically missing 69-year-old man.
Ike King Jr. was last seen traveling on foot Sunday, Oct. 6, around 10:30 p.m. in the 3300 block of North 41st Street, a largely residential area just west of West Fond du Lac Avenue. King has dementia. He is Black and has brown eyes and a black, curly afro. He has a missing front tooth and is about 5 feet, 10 inches tall and 175 pounds with a medium build.
King was last seen wearing a white flannel, a blue shirt, blue pants resembling Dickies style pants and black Nike flip-flops.
Silver Alerts are issued for elderly persons who are missing and believed to have dementia or some other cognitive impairment. “Critical missing” is a label police apply to people who may be especially vulnerable due to a variety of factors.
Anyone with information regarding King’s whereabouts should call the Milwaukee Police Department’s Seventh District at 414-935-7272.
Milwaukee Police Department (MPD)
MILWAUKEE – One person is dead and another is injured after different shootings in Milwaukee on Sunday, Oct. 6.
20th and Cornell
A 16-year-old was shot around 1 p.m. and went to the hospital for treatment. The teen victim succumbed to their injury.
The circumstances leading up to the shooting are under investigation. Police are looking for anyone involved.
Birch and Sheridan
A 25-year-old was shot around 5:30 p.m. The victim went to the hospital for treatment of non-fatal injuries.
Police are still investigating and looking for anyone involved.
MPD tips
Anyone with any information is asked to contact the Milwaukee Police Department at 414-935-7360 or to remain anonymous, contact Crime Stoppers at 414-224-TIPS or use the P3 Tips app.
Clear skies tonight with patchy frost away from the lake overnight. Temperatures dropping into the 30s inland, mid-40s near the lake overnight. Becoming partly sunny on Monday, breezy with highs in the mid-60s.
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