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Physical Therapy Aide Technician Hybrid

NEWTOWN, Pennsylvania | Bucks County Community College - Newtown | ID: 170262

Overview

275 SWAMP RD NEWTOWN, Pennsylvania 18940-4106
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Admissions Office:
215-504-8581
Online Training
Classroom Training
Distance Learning
Certificate of Physical Therapy Aide
Employment Skill Gain
Community College Certificate
$1,510.00 - $1,510.00
Training(ETPL)

Description of Training Provider

Bucks County Community College (Bucks) is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. Bucks is an open access and affordable higher education institution with high-quality credit and non-credit academic, career training, and continuing

Program Description

This course is a 50-hour Physical Therapy Aide Hybrid course preparing students for the growing field of Physical Therapy.  The Physical Therapy Aide is generally responsible for carrying out the non-technical duties of physical therapy, such as preparing treatment areas, ordering devices and supplies, and transporting patients, working under the direction of the physcial therapist. Furthermore, these workers assist physical therapists in providing services that help improve mobility, relieve pain, and prevent or limit permanent physical disabilities in patients suffering from injuries or disease.  Physical Therapy Aides may be employed in nursing homes, hospitals, sports rehabilitation centers or orthopedic clinics. This hybrid course will meet for seven in-person class sessions. The remainder of the class will be completed online. The online portion will include reading assignments, discussions, powerpoint presentations, workbooks and evaluations of grades.

Skills & Competencies

  • Basic Anatomy
  • Range of motions and stretching, direction and range of movement and stretching and strengthening excercises
  • Excercise equipment and safety including transferring fro a wheelchair to a chair, a chair to a wheelchair and a bed to a chair/wheelchair
  • Ambulation and gait including tips on pre-amulation training, crutches,canes, gait training and deviations and normal gait modalities
  • Treatment including heat/cold, paraffin bath, ultrasound, bivalve cast, electrical stimulation units
  • Vital signs including understanding normal and the impact of abnormal: heart rate, blood pressure, respirations  and physical appearance
  • Medical terminology and abbreviations including how they are used in charting
  • The total hip replacement patient- precautions and common treatment programs
  • The amputee patient- definitions, why amputations occur, PT treatment, common complications, ADL training, fitting and training with a prosthesis
  • The spinal cord injury patient- anatomy of the spinal cord, level of injury, projected level of function, medical complications, PT treatment, skin care, weight shifting and pressure relief, bracing and stabliization
  • The Traumatic Brain Injury patient- definition, scope of injury, common PT treatment, complications

Additional Information

  • High School Diploma or Its Equivalent
  • 312021 - Physical Therapist Assistants
  • 07/31/2024
  • Part Time, Daytime, Evening, Online

Service Costs

1,405.00
1,405.00
105.00

Performance Measures

The training Service/Course had no enrollments during the reporting period.
No performance information is available to review.
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