One must be adaptable, flexible, bold, and efficient in their encounters with patients and providers alike. Particularly in the veteran population, a little warmth and choice words go a long way to quickly build a therapeutic alliance.
Veteran’s Affairs, the ED, & the PT Read More »
Dr. Ryer is the Senior Project Coordinator in Senior Services at Advocate Aurora Health, located in Wisconsin and Illinois. She is a Doctor of Physical Therapy who is board certified
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I designed an intervention called GAPcare (the Geriatric Acute and Post-acute fall prevention intervention). The idea of GAPcare came to me after talking to our case managers. They said we really need PT in the ED to help with our patients.
An article by Dr. Pauline Chen sums this up nicely with her quote, “An older nurse finally pulled me aside. ‘Just admit him,’ she whispered, ‘It’ll cost more, but it’s
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AMAZING. At this point I don’t know if I could go back to having to manage patients without my PT colleagues. They really help round out the care provided to patients in the ER.
ED PA + ED PT = Teamwork Read More »
Meet Lisa TenBarge PT, DPT. Dr. TenBarge has been practicing in Emergency Department Physical Therapy in Flagstaff AZ since 2004 and has presented on the subject dozens of times on
Personally, my biggest adjustment was a change in mindset. In outpatient, my focus was improving patient’ pain experiences immediately to build a relationship moving forward. In the ED, my focus is to improve patients’ pain experiences to give them a path forward and guide them to outpatient. I’m making sure they are safe to return home, but not necessarily improving their pain experience to a 0, like I would shoot for in outpatient.
From Outpatient to All Patient Read More »
Advanced practice is really just all about doing the basics really well and being able to apply the basics to a much broader presentation. Students need to learn the basics really well, so they can apply them in advanced ways. That’s what I try to ensure happens.
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I refer to myself as an acute care generalist with an emphasis on Emergency PT and ICU PT. Really, I’m a “jack of all PT trades” which has been beneficial in the ED so that I have been able to manage a wide variety of conditions.
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