PTA 220 - PTA Patient Interventions II

4 Credits
Lecture: 2 Lab: 6

PTA Patient Interventions II continues to prepare students to implement components of the plan of care established by the physical therapist. Students learn how to perform and teach balance, coordination, posture and breathing exercises; perform massage, deep heat, traction, biofeedback, hydrotherapy and electrotherapeutic agents; perform wellness interventions, wound management, isolation and infection control techniques. Students also learn how to apply patient education (motor learning) interventions directed by the physical therapist, and how to contribute to patients’ discontinuation of care from facility or service.

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

Prerequisite: PTA 130, PTA 141, and PTA 142 with a grade of C or higher or written consent of the program chair; PTA 145 with a grade of S or written consent of the program chair
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