Acute Care Rehabilitation

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Fairview Employees: We are no longer taking registrations.  

Date: Saturday and Sunday, November 9-10, 2019
Primary audience: PT, PTA, OT, OTA
Secondary audience: Other Rehab professionals
Course Level: Intermediate
Check in time: Saturday and Sunday: 7:30-8:00
Course time: Saturday and Sunday: 8:00-6:30 PM
Location: Woodwinds Health Campus
1925 Woodwinds Drive, Woodbury, MN 55125
Auditorium A,B and C
Contact Hours: 20
Course intended to be completed in full.  If you need to arrive late or leave early the CE department must be notified before course takes place for contact hours to be adjusted.
Course fee for Non-Employee:
Early Bird (thru September 26, 2019): Fee $495.00
Regular Course ( September 27- October 29, 2019 : Fee$545.00
Late Fee ( October 30-November 6, 2019): Fee $570.00
Course Description:
The seminar provides a current update on the latest information on rehabilitation in the acute care setting. As in all practice settings,acute care rehabilitation is continuously evolving. From the various entry points into the acute care setting to discharge, rehabilitation plays an integral role. Therapists are being relied upon more and more to make significant contributions to the medical team, and frequently are the determining factor in hospital length of stay. This seminar is designed to give clinical information to therapists working in, or returning to working in the acute care setting. In addition, the seminar will offer practical tips and higher level problem solving skills that will benefit therapists working in this setting. The seminar will utilize lecture and case study to discuss the role of physical therapy in the acute care setting. Current literature review will be represented to lend strength to decision making in this challenging environment.
Instructor:
Mark Nelson graduated from Pacific Lutheran University in 1989 with a Bachelor of Arts in biology. He completed physical therapy school in 1993 with a clinical Masters degree from the University of Puget Sound Tacoma, Washington. He has been a practicing therapist for over 20 years, one year in general outpatient practice, two in subacute/rehab care and the last ten in acute care, serving predominantly geriatric population.
In 1999, he co-authored the Inpatient Cardiac Rehabilitation Protocol for open heart surgery program at Northwest Hospital. He has practiced throughout the medical services but has a special interest in cardiopulmonary and neurological diagnoses. He has also developed a computer based documentation system for the physical therapy department.
Mark has been a clinical instructor for the last 10 years, and has been a guest lecturer for the University of Washington's physical therapy program. Mark serves on the Patient Safety Oversight, Employee Body Mechanics/Safety and Clinical Documentation Committees at Northwest Hospital. The majority of his current practice occurs in the Intensive Care and Telemetry Units. Mark routinely provides new employee instruction on body mechanics and back safety, as well as educating staff on new patient handling equipment. Mark also served on the JCAHO Preparation Committee in 2002-2003.
Mark Nelson is dedicated to improving the quality and skill level of acute care therapy. His commitment to this field of specialization is evident by his years of service and passion for combining the poignant areas of specialized literature to this exciting area of rehabilitation. 
Course Objectives:
  1. Effectively execute neurological orthopedic and cardiopulmonary rehabilitation in 3 days when patient is unstable
  2. Produce documentation that meets the needs of all consumers of information in the acute care setting
  3. Formulate the most appropriate and efficient evaluation and treatment plans for acutely ill, neurological, orthopedic and cardiopulmonary geriatric patients
  4. Make sound recommendations for discharge planning using evidence based medicine
  5. Develop skills in reading EKGs and working with patients who have received LVADS, CABG or valve replacements
  6. Describe absolute and relative contraindications for rehabilitation intervention for patients with a variety of diagnoses
  7. Effectively plan treatment based on medical guidelines that will affect patients with neurological, orthopedic and cardiopulmonary problems.
  8. Apply safe decision making algorithms to changes in patient's medical status
  9. Practice "serial examination" and function as a member of the medical team
  10. Describe the climate and continuum of acute care for the geriatric patient
  11. Define the new and evolving role of rehabilitation in the interdisciplinary approach to acute care and fill that role

Agenda:

Day 1

7:30-8:00 Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:00-8:30 The Acute Environment of Care-Perspectives

8:30-9:30 Problem Oriented Approach Change your Thinking and Problem oriented exercise

9:30-9:45 Break

9:45-12:30 Function Based Evaluation despite patient diagnosis or acuity. Functional tools, Measures, Case examples

12:30-1:30 Working Lunch (on your own)-Case Studies Group Discussion: Functional evaluation

1:30-3:00 Heart and Lungs-Acute Care Physiology ECG/Cardiac Rhythm Interpretation Recognizing Instability, Case Studies

3:00-3:15 Break

3:15-5:00 heart and Lungs continued, Lung Function, Recognizing Instability, Case Studies

5:00-6:00 Rehabilitation Treatment Implications of Cardiac and Pulmonary Function

6:00-6:30 Questions and Answers

Day 2

7:30-8:00 Continental Breakfast

8:00-10:00 Neurological Assessment

10:00-10:15 Break

10:15-12:00 Tubes, Lines and Wires, Dealing with monitoring and medical equipment ICU practice

12:00-1:00 Working Lunch( on your own)-Case Studies, Group Discussion: Continue to share ideas on critical thinking

1:00-3:00 Acute Care Treatment and Diagnosis Challenges Treatment Protocols, Documentation

3:00-3:15 BREAK

3:15-5:45 Treatment and Diagnosis Challenges continued, Appropriate delivery of care, putting it all together from admit to discharge, Case Studies

5:45-6:30 Questions and Answers, Conclusions and Adjourn

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