updated Fall 2024/2025.
You should only release patient information when
1-The patient signs a release form
2- Court requests it
What is the aim of physical therapy
to bring patients back to the greatest state of health they can achieve.
briefly define what is meant by duty of care
standard care compared to similar circumstances
briefly define the good Samaritan law
a law that protects health care workers from being sued in an emergency situation
which health team member is allowed to give patients information about their prognosis?
Physician
What is used at the beginning and end of a bookend treatment?
Effleurage
This massage stroke lifts the skin in a kneading motion, like making bread.
Petrissage
Center Nervous System (CNS)
brain and spinal cord
Informed consent form
-given before treatment/medication is provided to the patient
- Dr gives all the treatment options/risks
-Patients can decide
Green stick
Incomplete break in bone. Common in children
Pneumonia
Inflammation of the alveoli of the lung caused by bacteria or viruses
urinary bladder
, stores urine
Define ethics
Codes of conduct/behavior that are considered "right" and "expected."
All records and forms that make up the medical record are what??
Confidential
Function of a medical record
they are facts and events during the patient care. Its purpose is to help Physical Therapists get
information to do tests
Medical Rehabilitation
specially focusing on improving the functional capacity of patients
Malpractice
-lack of skill
-Misconduct
-anyone who is under someone's license is responsible
Purpose and function of a medical report
Its a part of the record and basically shows all the risks of the treatment`
HIPPA
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.
The rehabilitation teams responsibilities are
to care for patients recovering post injury/illness
Scope of practice
Job description or list of job duties
Negligence
-Failure to give reasonable care
-giving of unreasonable care
-a form of malpractice
Diaphragm
sheet of muscle that separate the abdominal cavity and the chest cavities
Aorta
Largest artery in the body