PHYSIOTHERAPY AND REHABILITATION IN INTENSIVE CARE

Course Description

Critical illness in intensive care units includes respiratory insufficiency, evaluation of patients undergoing surgery, and identification and implementation of a physiotherapy and rehabilitation program. The course is designed to provide the student with an opportunity to learn about intensive care environment, critical illness, respiratory failure pathophysiology and effects on body systems, intensive care patient selection and evaluation, intensive care respiration training, airway cleaning techniques, patient mobility and exercise approaches, The use of life support equipment in clinical monitoring and evaluation, the approach to mechanical ventilation patients and separation from mechanical ventilation and physiotherapy and rehabilitation applications, and the knowledge of physiotherapy in clinical decision making in intensive care unit.

PHYSIOTHERAPY AND REHABILITATION IN INTENSIVE CARE

Evaluation Tools (Active Term)

No evaluation items have been defined.

Course outcomes

1. 01 -
2. 02 -
3. 03 -
4. 04 -

Course Syllabus

Reference Books & Course Materials

1. 01 Pryor JA, Prasad AS. Physiotherapy for Respiratory and Cardiac problems: Adults and Pediatrics. 4th ed. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone; 2008.
2. 02 Porter SB. Tidy’s Physiotherapy, 2008, Çeviri, Pelikan Yayıncılık.
3. 03 Güncel Literatür

Learning Outcomes

1. L01 Explain the importance of physiotherapy and rehabilitation in intensive care units. SOLO 3
2. L02 Evaluate intensive care patients in terms of physiotherapy and rehabilitation. SOLO 5
3. L03 Apply physiotherapy approaches in intensive care units. SOLO 4
4. L04 Identify the complications that may develop in terms of cardiopulmonary aspects and improve treatment program. SOLO 3.5
5. L05 Evaluate life support equipment and auxiliary equipment in the intensive care unit. SOLO 5
6. L06 Explain clinical decision making and evidence-based practice approaches in patients with acute and chronic respiratory problems in ICU. SOLO 4

Program Outcomes

1. P01 Has up-to-date theoretical and applied knowledge about Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation.
2. P02 Identifies and defines problems using up-to-date knowledge in the field of physiotherapy and rehabilitation, and plans treatment as per evaluation results.
3. P03 Implements and monitors the development of physiotherapy and rehabilitation processes within the frame of professional ethical principles, and changes or terminates processes when necessary
4. P04 Executes the necessary protocols for physiotherapy and rehabilitation practices by using the relevant technology, training and treatment equipment.
5. P05 Takes responsibility, individually and as a team member, to solve complex unforeseen problems encountered in practices related to the field of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation.
6. P06 Can independently carry out projects and research related to the field of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, transfers results to the field application.
7. P07 Contributes to the protection of public health in line with social needs and to the creation of necessary rehabilitation and health policies in parallel with the needs of the society.
8. P08 Embraces personal development, information literacy and lifelong learning; uses information resources effectively.
9. P09 Commands a foreign language in order to follow the developments in the field of physiotherapy and rehabilitation, as well as communicate in Turkish orally and in writing.
10. P10 Organizes physiotherapy and rehabilitation services, generates solutions against problems in line with knowledge and evidence.
11. P11 Contributes quality management processes, and in- field and extra-field education and professional promotion programs, and represents its profession at national and international level.

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