Sensitivity and Safe Patient Handling of the Bariatric Patient  

Date: Saturday, April 27, 2024
Intended audience: PT, PTA, OT, OTA
Check in time: 7:30-8:00 am
Class time: 8:00-4:30 pm
Course level: Introduction 
Contact hours: 7.0
Location: St. Catherine University
2004 Randolph Avenue Saint Paul, MN 55105
Lab Room 211 or 213
Course Fee: $200.00

Group Discounts: 

If two people from the same organization register for a course, each person will receive a 10% discount using code REHAB10 and three or more registered will receive a 15% discount using code REHAB15. Please email or call ahead of time with the names of the people who will be registering as a group, [email protected] or 612-672-5607.

For Group discounts:  USE CODE rehab10 for 10% discount and rehab15 for 15% discount for group. 

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.

PT/PTA partial credit: Course will be submitted to the MN Board of PT for approved credits. (Submitting credits through the MN Board of PT does not guarantee full credits will be approved by the board)

OT/OTA: You will receive a certificate of course completion with total CE contact hours. M HEALTH Fairview is not an approved provider through AOTA and has never been for distance learning. You may still submit the hours towards your licensure and receive a certificate of completion with all information provided to submit.  For additional information about CE requirements for license, please see MN Statute 148.6443: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/148.6443
 
MN statutes 143.6443, subdivision SUBD.2 “Standards for determining the qualified education activities” will continue to be utilized in determining appropriate OT related CE courses.
(Submitting credits through the organizations does not guarantee approved credits or the full credits. All participants will receive a certificate of completion which you may be able to use towards your professional license).

 

Cancellation Policy: Cancellation Fee will apply

Instructor:

Kathryn E. Tasillo, PT, DPT has been practicing in the acute care setting at Atrium Health – Carolinas Medical Center Main in Charlotte, NC for over 15 years. Her areas of expertise are oncology, bariatrics, fall prevention, volume management, and treatment of the general medical surgical patient. She has presented numerous times both via webinars and in-person presentations on various topics many of those listed above. She works full time and is an advocate for her patients and mentor for new and seasoned clinicians in these areas. She enjoys teaching both students and clinicians in the acute care setting. She has presented at both the state and national level of the Management of the Cancer Patient in the Acute Care Setting.  

Course summary: 

Bariatric patients are becoming a more common patient population needing treatment in the acute care setting. As healthcare providers, there are many challenges that come with treating patients of size. Fear of falls, fear of injury to patient and provider, as well as increased length of stay due to prolonged bed rest and medical complications cause many healthcare providers to shy away from mobilizing the bariatric patient, even when they were mobile prior to admission. It is the hope of this course that the provider will feel educated and empowered to confidently take on mobilizing the patient of size to help them return to their prior level of function without injury to anyone and help to improve their quality of life in the process.  

Objectives: 

At the end of the presentation, attendee should be able to: 

  1. Define Obesity Statistics 
  2. Define Different Body Types and Safe Patient Handling with Each Type  
  3. Recognize various types of falls and special tests in the hospital setting 
  4. Discuss the medical complexity of a critically ill bariatric patient 
  5. Identify the general complications and medical issues of a hospitalized bariatric patient 
  6. Describe the Importance of a Complete History and Potential Home Modifications 
  7. Generate potential Discharge Planning Barriers and How to Overcome  
  8. Define Mobility Problems and Challenges  
  9. Identify the various equipment options for safe patient handling  
  10. Generate Example Therapy Goals for PT and OT  
  11. Describe Dionne’s Egress Test other Special Tests used in Hospital 
  12. Describe Safe Transfer Techniques and Importance of Proper equipment selection 
  13. Describe the Importance of the Use of a mechanical lift to Decrease Work-Related Injuries 

Agenda:

7:30-8:00 am–check in time
8:00-8:15 am–Introduction
                  – Obesity Statistics and BMI  
8:15-8:45 am-General Falls Overview and Special Tests  
8:45-9:00 am–Body Types and Safe Patient Handling  
9:00-9:35 am–Critically Ill Bariatric  
9:35-9:50 am–Break  
9:50-10:45 am–Lab 
10:45-11:00 am–Hospital Related Issues  
11:00-11:30 am–History Taking, Discharge and Mobility Issues in the Hospital  
11:30-12:00 pm–Bariatric Equipment Needs  
12:00-1:00 pm–Lunch  
1:00-1:20 pm–Therapy Goals  
1:20-2:00 pm–Mobility and Dionne’s Egress Test 
2:00-2:45 pm-Progressing OOB, Use of Mechanical Lifts and Work-Related Injuries 
2:45-3:00 pm–Break  
3:00-4:30 pm–Case Studies 
                     -  Wrap up/Evaluation/Adjourn  
                     -  Q and A

 

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