PTA 2100 — Physical Therapy for the Medically Complex Patient
Credit Hours: 4.00 Total Contact Hours: 6.00 Lecture Hours: 2.00 Lab Hours: 4.00
Introduces students to a variety of topics and areas of treatment including but not limited to cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation, women's health, diabetes, geriatrics, amputations, prosthetics, orthotics, and burn/wound care management. Laboratory activities seek to promote clinical decision making and student competency in the application of postural drainage techniques, residual limb wrapping, and sterile wound care management as related to infection control procedures. 'C' grade policy applies.
Prerequisites: PTA 1200, PTA 1220
Corequisites: PTA 2010, PTA 2020, PTA 2120.