PTA 130 - PTA Patient Assessment I

4 Credits
Lecture: 3 Lab: 3

PTA Patient Assessment I prepares students to gather data essential for carrying out the patient’s plan of care developed by the physical therapist. Students learn how to perform components of the assessments of arousal, mentation and cognition; aerobic capacity and endurance; vital signs, anthropometric characteristics, joint integrity and mobility; muscle performance, gait, locomotion, and balance. They learn how to assess normal and abnormal integumentary. Students also learn how to administer standardized tests for pain as well as how to assess factors that contribute to pain. They will learn normal and abnormal patient responses. Students will be exposed to medical and surgical conditions that are commonly seen by the PTA.

Note: This course requires intermediate reading, intermediate writing and intermediate math.

Prerequisite: Admission to the PTA Program or written consent of the PTA program chair.
Corequisite: PTA 101 and PTA 120

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