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Official Course
Description: MCCCD Approval: 5-22-07 |
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PTA200
2007 Fall – 2010 Spring |
LEC |
2 Credit(s) |
2 Period(s) |
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Patient
Mobility Techniques |
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Theory,
principles and practice of proper body mechanics. Principles and techniques
of gait training, patient bed mobility and transfers, wheelchair mobility.
Theory, principles, and techniques of therapeutic exercise. Patient
instruction, assessment techniques, assistive devices and equipment used by
the physical therapy assistants and their patients. Safety and first aid in
physical therapy practice settings. Documentation requirements for physical
therapy interventions. Prerequisites: (PTA101, PTA103, PTA104,
PTA205 and HCC130) or (HCC130AA, HCC130AB, HCC130AC, HCC130AD, HCC130AE,
HCC130AF and HCC146) or permission of Department or Division. |
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MCCCD
Official Course Competencies: |
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PTA200 2007
Fall – 2010 Spring |
Patient Mobility Techniques |
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Explain the importance of proper patient body mechanics
for activities of daily living. (I) |
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Demonstrate the correct use of proper body mechanics
during lab/transfer activities. (I) |
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Demonstrate proper and safe techniques for bed mobility
activities. (II) |
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Describe proper patient bed positioning for select
patients. (II) |
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Demonstrate proper patient bed positioning for select
patients. (II) |
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Instruct specific patients in transfer activities and
complete transfers using safe techniques, with and without equipment. (III) |
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List and define classifications for assistance for bed
mobility, transfers, and gait training. (III, IV) |
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Assess level of assistance required to complete specific
transfer patients. (III) |
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Describe the normal human gait cycle and common deviations.
(IV) |
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Instruct and assist patients with gait activities in the
physical practice setting utilizing appropriate safety techniques. (IV) |
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Describe wheelchair measurement and operation. (V) |
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Instruct patients in safe wheelchair management. (V) |
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Explain the theories and principles for progressive
resistive exercise in relation to physical therapy. (VI) |
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Instruct patients in safe and appropriate therapeutic
exercise and stretching. (VI, VII) |
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Instruct patients in the safe use of exercise equipment in
the physical therapy practice setting. (VI) |
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Stretch specific joints and soft tissue structures for
patients in the physical therapy practice setting. (VIII) |
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Demonstrate safety procedures for patients receiving
physical therapy in in-patient and out-patient practice settings. (IX) |
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Demonstrate selected first aid procedures used in physical
therapy settings. (X) |
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Explain the Subjective/Objective/Assessment/Plan (SOAP)
documentation format. (XI) |
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Document therapeutic exercise, mobility training, and
patient's response to treatment in the physical therapy practice setting
using the SOAP format. (XI) |
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MCCCD
Official Course Outline: |
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PTA200 2007
Fall – 2010 Spring |
Patient Mobility Techniques |
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I. Body Mechanics A. Importance of proper
body mechanics B. Postural positioning for
activities of daily living (ADL) C. Proper lifting
techniques II. Bed
Mobility/Positioning A. Importance B. Principles C. Techniques D. Patient instruction and
assistance E. Proper bed positioning III. Transfer Training A. Principles B. Classifications of
assistance C. Instruction cues 1. verbal/auditory 2. physical/tactile 3. visual D. Techniques E. Equipment IV. Ambulation/Gait
Training A. Normal gait review B. Gait deviations C. Equipment D. Techniques E. Classifications of
assist F. Patient instruction and
assistance V. Wheelchair Management A. Parts/types of
wheelchairs B. Measurement/fit C. Mobility skills D. Patient instruction VI. Basic Principles of
Exercise A. Progressive resisted
exercise 1. definitions 2. theories and principles 3. techniques B. Exercise equipment C. Aerobic exercise 1. principles 2. techniques 3. monitoring D. Relaxation exercises E. Closed chain/proprioceptive exercises F. Patient instruction VII. Stretching A. Physiology of restricted
movement B. Theories and principles C. Passive stretch
techniques D. Active stretch
techniques E. Patient instruction VIII. Advanced Exercise
Equipment A. Stationary bicycle B. Treadmill C. Isokinetics
D. Other E. Patient instruction IX. Hospitalized Patient A. Use of restraints B. Use of oxygen mask and canula C. Maintenance of tubes and
drains D. Maintenance of
intravenous lines and infusion pumps E. Use of oximeters F. Vital signs X. First Aid A. Seizures B. Hyper and hypoglycemia C. Bleeding D. Syncope E. Cardiac and respiratory
arrest F. Falls XI. Documentation A. Types of documentation B. SOAP notes |
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