PTA Blog Talk : PTAs

Rehab Criteria

Jason Marketti — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:49:00 GMT

Recently I was told if there is no denial of claims and patients are making progress, the physical therapy department is a success. This got me to thinking about success in a rehab department. What exactly is the criterion for success in rehab? Good communication...(read more)

Immigration and PT

Jason Marketti — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:45:00 GMT

I spoke with Emily Lopez Neumann, an an immigration attorney at Reddy & Neumann, P.C., Houston, TX, about the immigration process for PTs recently. What follows is a Q&A of our discussion. Question: Are you seeing a change in the way immigration...(read more)

The Legacies Project- Part 2

Jason Marketti — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:36:00 GMT

Based in Ann Arbor, MI, The Legacies Project archives self selected memories from the elderly population and categorizes it into videotaped histories. It began as Jimmy Rhoades recounts a personal experience. "My dad was diagnosed with cancer and we were...(read more)

Therapy Menu

Jason Marketti — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:48:00 GMT

Like buying fine foods by number we should offer a therapy menu for those who are undecided what will take care of their aches and pains. It would look something like this: JASON'S THERAPY #1 Massage...........................$XX.00 (For first 15 minutes....(read more)

The Legacies Project

Jason Marketti — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:28:00 GMT

When I worked in Palm Springs I held a tape recorder for a gentleman during the therapy session who was recounting his time in the war and in great detail his time in Burma. It was fascinating to hear this man's history. He was doing it so his family...(read more)

Reining Me In - Part 2

Jason Marketti — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 13:37:00 GMT

When I was doing wound care I put together most of the protocols that we would use in the department as well as stocked the equipment that was necessary to treat almost any kind of wound. I met with the appropriate nursing staff so we would all be on...(read more)

A Problem

Jason Marketti — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:28:00 GMT

But first an update: A while back I spoke about my CPR Instructor course and no one wanting to pay for it through CEU money and me hoping that our administrator would pay. Well, no one paid for it. Now for the difficult part. I work with a PT who is constantly...(read more)

Father's Day

Jason Marketti — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:13:00 GMT

Men's Health Week has passed but June is also considered Men's Health Month. As I placed information about men's health on our rehab door at the beginning of the month, I realized I should probably get a check up. But time passes too quickly and eventually...(read more)

Is There an 'S' on my Chest?

Jason Marketti — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:26:00 GMT

I see patients that often require two people to assist with transfers or the nursing staff uses mechanical devices to get these people up in a chair. The problem is that I don't always have a second person to assist me when I get someone up in a chair...(read more)

When the PTA Knows More

Jason Marketti — Wed, 06 May 2009 19:35:00 GMT

I have worked with new grad PTs and those with many years of experience, and there will always be times when I know more than a PT, just as they will, at times, know more than me in relation to patient care and progression. Over the years I have learned...(read more)

A Day Without an Assistant

Jason Marketti — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 15:21:00 GMT

The debate about PTAs and where we will be in the future is undecided but we do know the APTA has not done enough to advance the PTA and the known bridge programs are virtually useless to the majority of us that want to progress from PT Assistant to PT....(read more)

CPR and CEU Money

Jason Marketti — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 13:36:00 GMT

I recently took a BLS instructor course. (I will be able to teach CPR and first aid among other things.) I was initially told this was covered by my CEU money, and later told it was not. Then I thought, why wouldn't it be? It could turn into a great marketing...(read more)

The Fathers Network--Part Two

Jason Marketti — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 12:42:00 GMT

I met James May approximately 10 years ago when he was invited to speak at an Early Head Start program in Lewiston, Idaho. With multiple advanced degrees in Applied Behavioral Science and Mental Health (he is a licensed mental health counselor), and a...(read more)

“I’m not a nurse!”

Jason Marketti — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 17:57:00 GMT

This phrase comes up way too often in nursing facility therapy departments. If a patient needs an assessment on blood pressure, oxygen saturation, pulse rate, respirations, etc., therapists often divert to nurses. WHY? The therapy community is trying...(read more)

The Fathers Network - Part One

Jason Marketti — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 19:02:00 GMT

I recently spoke with Greg Schell and James May about The Fathers Network and how they serve their community in the state of Washington. The Fathers Network began in 1978 at the University of Washington for fathers raising children with special needs....(read more)