Resource Guides
The Acute Care Section is building a library of resources specifically tailored to acute care practice. These 'members only' documents will provide information, references, and detail about commonly encountered practice and management issues in acute care.
Currently available:
Being created:
- Acute Care Residency & Fellowship Resources
- Inappropriate Referrals in Acute Care Information
- Physical Therapy in the Emergency Department References
- PT & PTA Entry Level Competencies in Acute Care
Lab Values Interpretation Resources--Update 2012 now available
The Acute Care Section's Task Force on Lab Values created a resource document to guide members' use of lab values in acute care physical therapy practice. This resource was updated in 2012 to reflect new and emerging research related to lab values and physical therapy intervention. This document contains references, textbooks, websites, search engines, professional discussion tips, and three full-text copies recent Acute Care Perspectives and Journal of Acute Care Physical Therapy articles pertinent to the interpretation of lab values in acute care physical therapy practice.
Coming later in 2012, via APTA's Learning Center, a lab values course using this resource and allowing participants to apply these principles to patient cases. CEUs will be available for participants who sign up for this online learning course and successfully complete the post-assessment. Watch this space for more details when this course launches!
Reviews of Lab Values Interpretation Resources
Here's what some members have had to say about this resource document:
“Thanks for the resource! Valuable!”
Diane H. Pitts
“I am very pleased that you have assembled all of this information in one place…”
Stephanie Feldman
“…thanks to the authors and the committee that produced this monograph! With the increasing acuity of patients across the spectrum of acute and sub-acute care, these resources are invaluable for sound decision making.”
Mark Nelson, MPT
“Thanks for all of the wonderful activities this section leadership is putting together. I’m not surprised there was a great response to the lab values posting.”
Erin Hussey, PT, DPT, MS, NCS
“I am very impressed with the Lab Values Resource packet you have assembled…”
Anne Mejia Downs PT, MPH, CCS
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