
Episode 44: Physical therapy with Heidi Engel
Critical Care Scenarios
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How to Stitch a Patient Up on the Side of the Bed
The process of arranging the equipment is one of the longest, most arduous parts of the process. We train someone who wants to go to physical therapy school how to do this. And they untangle all the lines and make sure it's all slack in the direction of where we want the patient to go. So now i'll tell them, ok im moaing to stitch you up on the side of the bed, please don't touch the tubing. If all this goes really well, if the patient demonstrates good capability of moving their leg upon request then we've got a lot to work with.
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