PTAT 1203 — Basic Patient Care Skills
This course covers basic patient care skills, including assessment of vital signs, identifying emergency situations, understanding the hospital environment and medical equipment, asepsis techniques, anthropometric measurements, patient interviewing, positioning and draping techniques, wheelchair management, use of assistive devices for gait, and patient mobility and transfer techniques. Students will build upon medical record review, understanding of the plan of care, and medical documentation. Clinical skills will be practiced in the lab.