PTA Patient Interventions

This course is associated with the following programs:

• Physical Therapist Assistant - Associate Degree

1. Apply assistive devices to meet patient needs
2. Demonstrate techniques to maintain asepsis
3. Demonstrate positioning techniques
4. Demonstrate transfer techniques
5. Demonstrate bed mobility procedures
6. Demonstrate patient ambulation techniques
7. Instruct patient in wheelchair management skills
8. Perform vital signs measurements
9. Apply body mechanics principles
10. Apply superficial heating agents
11. Apply cryotherapy interventions
12. Apply soft tissue mobilization techniques
13. Establish therapeutic relationship