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2017-2018 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog 
    
2017-2018 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

PHTH 411 - Patient/Client Management 1 - Cardiopulmonary

(4 credits)
This course will address therapeutic assessment and interventions for patients with cardiovascular and respiratory causes of movement dysfunction. The Guide to Physical Therapist Practice will be utilized to emphasize the physical therapist’s analysis and interventions for patients who have signs and symptoms of cardiac and respiratory disease that result in movement dysfunction. Aspects of primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention, and health, wellness, and fitness promotion activities will be addressed for patients/clients in this practice pattern. The course will consist of lecture and laboratory. Emphasis will be on development of student skills in patient examination and therapeutic interventions in simulated patient-therapist situations. Emphasis will be on evidence based practice and the importance of patient-practitioner interaction. Fall.