Unlocking Research & Virtual Learning: A Revealing Conversation with Bobby Bellarmino

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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