A 70 year old male comes into the ED with episodic neck pain and headache. He has a history of hypertension, CVA, and headaches that feel similar to this one. In the past, PT treated his neck pain. You are seeing him in the ED as their first point provider. What do you do? How do you know that this is truly musculoskeletal pain versus something more sinister?
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I know some PTs shy away from the opportunity to develop their skill set in vestibular PT. However, with appropriate training and continuing education and use of vestibular clinical pathways, PT practice in the ED can improve patient outcomes and hospital processes for the better.
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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.
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