PT(April)

04/12/2012- Today is Thursday, so it was an Inpatient day. ( Thursday is an Inpatient day, because the Outpatient center gets done by 12. On Mondays, I am with the Outpatient Pt's.) Today was a pretty trivial day, nothing out of the ordinary occured. We treated a few patients in Med/Surg who were recovering from recent surgeries. None of the patients were in too bad of shape. We just used some basic, common exercises to begin restoring them to the best possible health. 04/16/2012- Today was monday; Nothing major or out of the ordinary happened today. I was with Alan, he saw 3 clients today. The first patient was doing exercises to help manage an injury in their back. The client had a cervical vertebrae that was starting to close in, creating pressure on the nerves running through the spine. Basic exercises were done to help maintain function and prevent serious pain. The second patient was in due to a recent ankle surgery. The PT's goal was to help the patient to be able to perform all of their ADL's, and reduce any remaining pain and swelling. The third and final client was in due to a torn Labram in their shoulder. The individual was too old, and the injury was too severe, for surgery to be a beneficial option. PT exercises are done in order to help maintain any movement and ability that remains in the shoulder. 04/19/2012- Today was Thursday, We had a couple patients to attend to. One was in Med/surg; this patient had hip surgery and needed to restore movement and strength to the hip. The second patient was in the ICU. All we did or this patient was a couple sets of ankle pumps to help with the ROM in their feet. 04/23/2012- Today was Monday, but the PT's were in a meeting. I watched a seminar with the juniors. The seminar was about a program that allows you to explore the body in 3d. 04/26/2012- Today is Thursday, I was with inpatient PT on the 7th floor. The PT only had two patients today. The first patient was in an accident and needed PT to help restore their muscle function to as close to normal as possible. They had broken their radius and ulna, and also their femur. Both on the right side. We were doing exercises to help them regain the ability to ambulate independently. 04/30/2012- It was Monday, I went back and forth between The Outpatient PT's (Alan and Mike). Both saw two patients during the time I was there, from 13:00-15:00. All of the patients but one were there due to loss of mobility from sheer old age. The fourth was there because they broke their ankle and had surgery.