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Feb 05, 2025
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2022-2023 Academic Catalog [Archived Catalog]
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PHTH 525 - Patient Management
Credits: 3
The course presents patient management needed to function in the health care environment. Patient care skills include body mechanics, positioning, draping, range of motion, transfers, standard precautions, massage, ambulation with assistive devices, wheel chairs, vital signs, and communication skills. Concurrent laboratory instruction reinforces the basic principles learned in lecture. Throughout this class the student will be developing clinical decision making abilities and documenting on provisions directed towards patient care. Prosthetics and orthotics will be introduced in this class.
Prerequisite: BIOL-511, PHTH-500, and PHTH-509; For PT Students
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