PTA PT ASSESS II

Catalog description

PTA Patient Assessment II continues to prepare students to gather data identified essential for carrying out the patient's plan of care developed by the physical therapist. In this course, students learn how to perform components of the assessments after activity with measurement of vital signs, cardiovascular function, ventilation, respiration, and self-care and home management and community or work reintegration. They learn how to identify normal and abnormal responses in patients. They also learn how to recognize positions, postures or activities that could aggravate or relieve pain and skin trauma. (1.2) NOTE: This course requires intermediate reading, intermediate writing and intermediate math.