Put essential OT information at your fingertips! Occupational Therapy Pocket Guide provides a quick reference that's ideal for use in the clinical setting. From evaluation and assessment through diagnoses and interventions, this handbook summarizes the details you need to know for safe, effective client rehabilitation. It also includes normal ranges for vitals and laboratory tests. Written by experienced occupational therapist Lyndsey Jarvis, this compact clinical reference makes lookup easy and helps you perform OT tasks and skills with confidence.
- Concise coverage provides a quick yet thorough overview of each OT topic
- Logical organization includes six separate sections: Assessment, Conditions, Additional Intervention, Education, Documentation, and Reference Tools.
- eBook version is included with print purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud.
Table of Contents
SECTION I ASSESSMENT1. Vitals
2. Range of Motion
3. Muscle Grades
4. Balance Grades
5. Orthostatic Hypotension
6. Pitting Edema
7. Initial Interview
8. Analysis of Occupational Performance
9. Common Upper Extremity Conditions With Special Orthopedic Tests
10. Mobility and Balance Assessments
11. Functional Assessments
12. Cognitive Assessments
13. Home Safety Eval/Checklist
14. Underlying Dysfunction
SECTION II CONDITIONS: DESCRIPTION, INTERVENTION
15. Aftercare Following Joint Replacement
16. Alzheimer Disease/Dementia
17. Burns
18. Cardiovascular Disease
19. Cerebral Vascular Accident/Stroke
20. Dysphagia
21. Fracture
22. Hand Injury and Impairment
23. Low Vision
24. Multiple Sclerosis
25. Osteoarthritis (OA/DJD)
26. Pain
27. Parkinson Disease
28. Pressure Ulcers
29. Respiratory Conditions
30. Spinal Cord Injury
31. Traumatic Brain Injury
SECTION III ADDITIONAL INTERVENTION
32. Types of Intervention
33. ADL/IADL Retraining Techniques
34. PNF Patterns
35. Adaptive Equipment
SECTION IV EDUCATION
36. Energy Conservation Techniques
37. Fall Prevention
38. Joint Protection Principles
39. Proper Body Mechanics
40. Surgical Precautions: Cardiac
41. Surgical Precautions: Orthopedic
SECTION V DOCUMENTATION
42. Reason for Referral Narrative
43. SOAP Note/Treatment Encounter Note
44. Homebound Status
45. Skilled Terminology
SECTION VI REFERENCE TOOLS
46. Anatomical Planes and Orientation
47. Muscle Diagrams
48. Dermatomes
49. Lab Values and Implications for Therapy
References
Index
