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PHYSIOTHERAPISTS use STETHOSCOPE ?

I find that many people do not know that Physiotherapists (PT’s) work in hospitals, when in fact there is a Physiotherapist assigned to almost every floor/ unit throughout a hospital. Physio in a hospital looks very different from what you may have experienced or imagined when you go to a clinic, or what’s called outpatient/ private practice settings.
No I’m not “massaging” anyone
No I’m not teaching people how to run
No I’m not applying electric machines to patients
As a physiotherapist working in the ICU (intensive care unit): .
I am mobilizing patients who can’t themselves
I am treating patients chests/ lungs who are drowning in secretions with manual techniques
I am suctioning patients with tracheostomy’s and on ventilators
I am moving people who have 3-10 different lines connected to them for their medical stability
I am working with nurses, OTs, RT’s, Social workers, and Drs to provide appropriate treatment
I am listening to patients lungs ( with my stethoscope) to assess their airways
I am administering oxygen when needed
I am manually moving patients joints to prevent contractures
I am getting people on ventilators sitting, standing, and mobile
I am improving patients quality of life
I am helping people get better. .
These are only some of the responsibilities of a cardiorespiratory physiotherapist working in acute care settings, and what I do is different from what other physiotherapists in hospitals are doing!

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🎯British Thoracic Society (BTS) and the Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Respiratory Care (ACPRC) provides guidelines for the physiotherapy management of the adult, medical, spontaneously breathing patient

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Contents

♦️Section 1—COPD
♦️Section 2—Asthma and disordered breathing
♦️Section 3—Cystic fibrosis
♦️Section 4—Non-cystic fibrosis-related bronchiectasis
♦️Section 5—Non-obstructive/restrictive lung diseases
♦️Section 6—Neuromuscular diseases and chest wall disorders
♦️Section 7—Workforce issues

Guidelines for the physiotherapy management of the adult, medical, spontaneously breathing patient # # # Steering group Julia Bott (Chair), support to Section 6, Consultant Physiotherapist, Surrey PCT NW Locality Sheric Ellum, support to Section 5, Consultant Physiotherapist, Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Trust, London Dr Rachel Garrod, support to Section 1, Reader, School of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Hea...