Chapters 12 and ATC Flashcards
ATC Responsibilities
-Prevention
-Recognition
-Evaluation
-Immediate Care
- Rehab and Reconditioning
- Health Care Administration
An ounce of prevention is what
a pound of cure
Recognizing injuries
Evaluation is most difficult and most important, needs to be accurate but fast
Active rest
slowly recovering by low-impact movements
Salary spread
25k to 180k
likes of PT
Sport Related
Help others achieve
Healthy
Environment
Diversified
Competitions
Rewarding Allied
Health Field
dislikes of PT
Long Hours
Extended Work Day
Extended Work
Week
Time Away From
Family
is doing your best enough
no, you have to know what to do, then do your best
rehabilitative therapeutic exercise
restoration of function that were previously accquired
habilitative therapeutic exercise
acquisition of skills/functions considered normal for specialized fitness
types of rehab therapy
Musculoskeletal injuries
Athletic injuries (sports medicine, prehabilitation)
Postsurgical trauma
Cardiopulmonary rehabilitation
Older populations
Mental health (mind–body relationship)
types of habilitative therapy
Specialized habilitation (meet standards that exceed rather than merely meet those of the general population such as sport training, military boot camp, fire or police academy)
Overweight and obese populations
Children with developmental disorders
General fitness
What do allied health professionals do
diagnostics and apply exercise and movement experiences to improve a person’s physical functioning
work under the direction of, or in cooperation with a medical professional
high school work setting requirements
- AT not mandatory
- AT need to be required at HS
- AT/ Teaching Credential
college work setting requirements
AT/MS
AT/PT
AT/PhD