Lecture 1 (9-9) Flashcards
What is a patient
A person who requires your service due to an ailment
What is a client
A person who engages the services of a PT thru consultation
What are the elements of patient/client management (6)
- Examination
- Evaluation
- Diagnosis
- Prognosis
- Intervention
- Outcomes
What happens during the examination process
History, ROS, Systems review (tests and measures)
What happens during the evaluation process
Thinking process
What happens during the diagnosis process
Determine what is wrong
What happens during the prognosis process
How long will it take and make plan of care
What happens during the intervention process
Putting plan of care into action
What happens during the outcomes process
Did we reach are goal, if not why didn’t we what could have been better
ROS
Historically getting info of all systems
Systems review
The hands on actual testing
True or False:
When getting a history you should be systematic in your approach
True
What does a history tell you
Present symptoms, past symptoms or injuries, and can uncover coexisting health problems
What do we get from a history (9)
- Demographic profile
- Social/Family history
- Occupation/Employment
- Living, working, playing environment
- Current and past general health history
- Current and past functional status
- Prior medical, alternative, or other interventions for current condition
- Current complaints
- Patient expectations
What are important things to remember when taking a history (8)
- First impressions
- Listen to patient
- Appropriate for age, gender, culture
- Taken in an orderly manner
- May result in arriving at a PT diagnosis
- Focus the patient on relevant info
- Start with open ended questions and end with close ended questions
- Avoid leading the patient
