APTA and Core Values
This organization created the list of 8 core values for the PT and PTA. No abbreviations
What is the American Physical Therapy Association
This specialty area of PT focuses on elderly patients.
What is geriatrics?
PTAs in OH must complete this many continuing education units over a two year period.
What is 12?
This suffix means "inflammation."
-itis
Define personal/external factor.
What are factors that are unique to the individual such as attitude, mood, family support, motivation, past medical history.
Name 2 reasons the APTA is important to the profession of physical therapy.
What are advocacy and providing rules and policies? Also networking, CEUs, research
This specialty area of physical therapy deals with central and peripheral nervous disorders like MS, Parkinson's Disease, and stroke
What is neurology?
Name one intervention that a PTA is not allowed to perform in OH.
dry needling, sharp debridement, spinal mobilizations
What prefix means "below, under or deficient"?
hypo-
Define impairments.
What is the structure or function that are deviations from the norm such as a rupture or fracture or increased pain or swelling.
This type of team describes the relationship between an OT and an OTA.
What is intradisciplinary team?
This term refers to the actual functional activity that is achieved by a patient in physical therapy.
What is outcome?
A PTA is NOT allowed to complete this type of paperwork.
What is initial evaluation, plan of care, discharge
What abdominal region is on the lower left side?
Define participation restrictions.
What are limits to the roles and responsibilities of the patient that are a result of the impairments and activity limitations.
Name and define one of the core values.
Accountability- active acceptance of responsibility of roles and actions of PT/PTA; Altruism- primary regard for patient; Collaboration- working with pts, families, communities, and professionals; Compassion and caring- sense and identify with someone else's experience and showing empathy;
Duty-meet your obligations; Excellence- use current knowledge; Integrity- adhere to high ethical principles, truthful, and fair; Social responsibility- mutual trust between profession and larger public
This specialty area of physical therapy would deal with patients who have been burned.
What is integumentary?
The occupational therapist asks if your patient should be getting OT. How do you respond?
What is tell the OT to talk with the PT.
Define arrhythmia.
What is irregularity or loss of rhythm of the heartbeat?
Your patient is a professional football player who ruptured his achilles tendon. He has increased pain and swelling and is unable to walk. He won't be able to return to work for at least 9 months. He had a similar injury on the other ankle while playing in college. What is an activity limitation?
What is he is unable to walk?
Explain how the physical therapy profession developed over the last 100 years.
polio, WWI and WWII
Explain the difference between the examination and evaluation completed by the PT.
The exam is a collection of data using objective tests and measures. The evaulation is the analysis of the data and is used to create the POC.
Explain what the Ohio practice act is for.
what is defining the scope of practice for PTs and PTAs.
Your patient has undergone a cardiac catherterization. He wants you to explain what it is.
What is a procedure where a small tube is inserted through a vein or artery and threaded through the vessel until it reaches the heart.
Your patient is a professional football player who ruptured his achilles tendon. He has increased pain and swelling and is unable to walk. He won't be able to return to work for at least 9 months. He had a similar injury on the other ankle while playing in college. What is an intrinsic factor?
What is he had the same injury in college or he is a professional football player?