1.50 Credits
4.5 hours lecture/lab per week for 10 weeks Comment: Letter grade only. HLTH 201 may not be audited. HLTH 201 may not be taken credit/no credit. HLTH 201 provides the basic standard patient care skills and training in the use of wheelchairs, ambulatory aids, selected hospital equipment, transfers, and environmental assessment. Upon successful completion of HLTH 201, the student should be able to: Identify and assess architectural barriers to mobility. Communicate data and information from PT interventions in written documentation with the patient, family, significant other, PT, health care delivery personnel and others in an effective, appropriate and capable manner. Identify individual and cultural differences and respond appropriately in all aspects of physical therapy services. Present conduct and practice standards that reflect the APTA Guide to Physical Therapy Practice and are legal, ethical, and safe, a commitment to the profession of physical 6 therapy and meet the expectations of consumers receiving health care services. Implement the plan of care developed by the PT to achieve the short and long-term goals of treatment and intended outcomes. Implement safe, effective and efficient competencies in selected components of PT interventions identified in the plan of care: Activities of daily living, assistive/adaptive devices, transfer skills - bed, chairs, automobile, bathroom, body mechanics, gait and locomotion training, wheelchair management skills, lifts, balance and coordination with and without assistive devices. Apply problem-solving knowledge to address symptoms aggravated by activities such as respiratory and circulatory changes. Measure and document patient height and weight. Identify the individual's or care giver's ability to care for wheelchair, assistive, adaptive, and supportive devices in a safe manner. Assess skin condition before, during and after removal of external support devices such as wheelchair fitting, assistive and supportive devices. Explain and implement progression or status change with ambulation, mobility and wheelchair management status and balance. Demonstrate activities by using comparison and contrasting situations, positions and postures that aggravate or relieve pain or skin sensation. Communicate architectural barriers in the home or community with the patient, family, significant other, PT, health care providers and others. Assess and communicate contraindications, precautions, and interventions within the plan of care in response to the patient's clinical indications to the supervising PT. Report and communicate contraindications, precautions and changes of any PT intervention to the supervising PT. Explain when an intervention is outside the scope of PTA practice. Instruct patient, family members, significant other, care givers, and others of the plan of care and treatment regimens to enhance the rehabilitation process. Demonstrate appropriate action and behavior in emergency situations. Demonstrate knowledge of OSHA regulations. Identify the personal responsibility for career development, patient advocacy, life-long learning and membership in the professional association by reading, locating and interpreting health care literature, documents or Internet information.