What You’ll Discover in Rachel Blackwood Fall Risk and Functional Impairments Using Standardized Tests to Guide Treatment
- Faculty:
- Rachel Blackwood
- Duration:
- 5 Hours 43 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Copyright:
- February 23, 2018, 10:00 a.m.
Description
Therapists and Other healthcare professionals play an increasingly important role in discharge planning for acute care, as hospital stays are shorter. and More attention is paid to 30 day readmission rates. It is crucial that acute care therapists are able to not only diagnose but also treat the patient. to Quantify functional impairments and Fall risk Standardized Hospital testing is complicated by the frailty and management of multiple lines and Medical issues and time constraints.
This course is intended to be taken by students. to Healthcare professionals can be helped by being familiarized with the different types of tests. to You have many options and to You will help them to understand the results of tests. This will teach you. and You can use practice tests on patients with high mobility as well as tests that are appropriate to the ICU. This lab will be used to test the patient’s mobility.-In this intensive course you will be introduced. to A variety of objective measures can be used to Assessors should be able to improve and documentation, to Guide treatment and to aid in discharge planning.
Handouts
| Manual Fall Risk and Functional Impairments (15.80 MB) | 175 pages | Available after Purchase |
Outline
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
- Functional Disabilities relate to 30 day readmission risk
- Barriers that prevent standardization of testing in acute care
- Time constraints
- Controlling infections
- Multiple lines/ICU patients
- Uncertain of which test is the most appropriate?
- The benefits of incorporating standardized tests into an electronic chart
PSYCHOMETRICS- A REVIEW OF TERMS
- Floor and ceiling effects
- Responsiveness
- Interpreting the results
- Transforming results into meaningful assessment
FUNCTIONAL IMPAIRMENT TESTS
- 6 clicks- Activity Measurement for Post-Acute Care Inpatient Short Form
- Acute Care Index of Function
GAIT: WHEN DOCUMENTING DISTANCE AND LEVEL OF ASSIST ISN’T ENOUGH
- Important importance of standard gait tests
- Gait velocity- a new vital sign?
- Standardized gait tests
- 2, 3, and Walk tests for 6 minutes
- Test walk of 10 meters/50 feet
- Dynamic Gait Index
- Four Step Square Test
- Gait tests and Productivity standards
- Case study and lab ICON—BOTH SIDE BY SIDE
BALANCE TESTS
- Quantifying fall risk
- Standardized Balance tests can be taken in less than 2 minutes, and include those that take LESS THAN 2 minutes to Perform
- BESTEST/mini-BESTest
- 360 Turn Test
- Function in Sitting Test
- Fullerton Advance Balance Scale
- Which test is the best?
- Setting
- Patient frailty
- Time constraints
- Using Tests to justify discharge plan
- Rehab
- SNF
- Health at home
- Case study and lab ICON—BOTH SIDE BY SIDE
ICU STANDARDIZED TESTING – BENEFITS
- ICU-specific tests
- ICU mobility scale
- ICU PFIT
- PERME ICU mobility
- Complications
- Frailty
- Lines/tubes management
- Case study and lab ICON—BOTH SIDE BY SIDE
ADLS AND STANDARDIZED TESTES
- Insight into ability to perform functional tasks
- Integration of tests into discharge planning
- Case study and lab ICON—BOTH SIDE BY SIDE
CVA SPECIFIC TESTS
- Additional therapy can be justified
- Specific reviews
- Action Research Arm Test
- Box and Blocks Testing
- Orpington Prognostic Scale
- Postural Assessment Scales for Stroke Patients
- Stroke Rehabilitation Assessment of Movement
Faculty
Rachel Blackwood, PT and DPT Similar seminars and products: 1
RACHEL BLACKWOOD, PT. DPTShe is a licensed physical therapist and has nearly 15 years experience. With her Master’s degree from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, she was able to graduate with her M.S. After graduating from the University of Alabama, Birmingham with her M.S. in Physical Therapy she continued her education. to Earn your Doctorate of Physical Therapy at the University of South Alabama. She has worked in many settings but her majority of experience has been in acute care. She is involved in program design, staff training, and other aspects of the healthcare industry. and Clinical education. Ms. Blackwood She has also been adjunct faculty in the Jefferson State LPTA Program. Her interests include acute and Patients with complex medical needs and She is a former team leader in critical-care units. Duke University Health Systems, Raleigh, NC currently employs her as a weekend therapy. She sees many patients as a weekend PT. “discharge issues,” The importance of her using standardized tests to recommend the best discharge placement is critical.
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