September | 2024 | Acute Conversations

Show Notes

Guest:

Bobby Belarmino PT, DPT, PhD, CCS

Chair of the Online Education Committee of the Academy of Acute Care PT

https://directory.uthscsa.edu/academics/profile/belarmino

Guest Quotes:

9:42 “…There seems to be a variability on how we think about transferring that care to the nursing. And that was just a light bulb to all of us. Why can’t we study it and create some recommendations on how we can determine when it’s the right time to transition the patient with balloon pump to nursing.”

18:36 “And we didn’t find any significant adverse events once they transition successfully transition to nurses…but they more appreciation, more collaborative effort that we have created even more communications between nurses and the proper handoff of ambulation from the PT to the nurses. It’s become more objective.”

20:19 “One thing that I really am proud of is increasing the offers. Of that because I really think that The more we can offer to our members the better it is.”

Rapid Responses:

Name an influential P. T. in your career:

“What made me become a physical therapist was the physical therapist of my grandmother back in the Philippines. Oh, yes, yes. I didn’t know about PT back then. Remember, this is many years ago in the Philippines, physical therapy profession, and not well known.

And then my mother had a grand had a stroke, and I was just finished high school. I don’t know what to do with my life. My aunt said, go help me carry grandmother to the PT. I said, PT, what is that? You’re going to like it. I don’t know if we’re going to like it, but seeing my grandmother bedridden because of the stroke.

And after a few months, able to sit and walk. That was fascinating to me. That was the moment. Yes, that was the moment I realized I’d like to be like that. There’s so many people I have been blessed in this career. That’s why I love this profession.”

You know you work in acute care when:

“When you don’t mind dealing with bodily fluids.”

Links:

Using Outcome Measures to Transition Ambulation From Physical Therapy to Nursing for Patients With Mechanical Circulatory Support

A Pilot Study

APTA Acute Care Education Resources

Open Acute Care Volunteer Positions

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Leo Arguelles (LEE-O R-GWELL-IS)

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Ashley Poole

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Show Notes

Guest:

Darby Smith PT, DPT

darby.smith@memorilahermann.org

Guest Quotes:

5:03 On Outcome Measures in Acute Care: “I think the key takeaway is that there are these documented barriers of the time and the productivity concerns and just the, the kind of acute nature of patient populations and like the diversity of it. And I would say the biggest barrier for most people that I found in their research is the resources. They don’t, they want to use it, but they don’t know how to get started.”

7:29 “I’m a big believer that there is not one fits all outcome measure for every single patient that every single therapist is going to see…what impairment am I trying to capture and what outcome as knows that can capture that impairment best.”

21:46 “But when you really look at the research, There may be an outcome measure on there that maybe we personally thought should have been on there, but the research isn’t there or it’s not there in acute care. And so that’s where we encourage clinicians. If you have a strong preference on the outcome measure, go do the research.”

Rapid Responses:

Name a therapist that has been influential to your PT career.

“Christa Gilley”

You know you work in acute care when:

“You hear “you know I just had surgery right?” Three times a day”

Links:

Perception and Utilization of Standardized Outcome Measures in Acute Care Physical Therapy

An Analysis of Practice

Core Outcome Measure Set Document (for Public Review and Comments)

Provide Feedback on the COM CPG

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Leo Arguelles (LEE-O R-GWELL-IS)