Lab Values And Vital Signs As Clinical Monitoring Tools For Patient Safety
Course: #6692Level: Advanced 2 Hours 462 Reviews
Lab values and vital signs, such as hemoglobin, potassium, glucose, blood pressure, heart rate, and others, are essential clinical tools to determine the appropriateness of rehab interventions for acutely ill patients. This course will discuss normal and abnormal values and steps clinicians can take to monitor the patient’s response and support participation in functional activities.
On Demand
Course Type: Video
CEUs/Hours Offered: AOTA/0.2 Advanced, OT Service Delivery, Foundational Knowledge, 11594; CE Broker/2.0 CE Broker #20-1294533; IACET/0.2; NBCOT PDUs/2.5 Advanced, Rehabilitation
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Learning Outcomes
- After this course, participants will be able to evaluate why lab values and vital signs are essential clinical tools for determining the appropriateness of acute care rehab intervention and for supporting participation in occupation.
- After this course, participants will be able to analyze the normal values for BP, HR, SaO2, Hemoglobin, Potassium, Glucose, Platelets, Troponin, CPK, and other lab values while also analyzing the effects of abnormal lab values, including precautions and monitoring techniques.
- After this course, participants will be able to evaluate when to implement, modify, or hold rehab interventions based on assessment of lab values and vital signs.
Course created on April 1, 2025
Agenda
| 0-5 Minutes | Introduction |
| 5-20 Minutes | Evidence-based research: Why lab values are an essential component of patient safety and best practice |
| 20-80 Minutes | Lab Value Norms, associated risks, critical values and appropriate monitoring for vital signs (BP, HR, SaO2, MAP), hemoglobin, potassium, glucose platelets, PTT, PT, INR, troponin, CPK and other lab values |
| 80-115 Minutes | Application to practice/case studies |
| 115-120 Minutes | Summary; Q&A |
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Adele Myszenski
PT, DPT
Adele Myszenski, PT, DPT, is a 2001 and 2021 graduate of Wayne State University in Detroit, MI. The recipient of the 2023 APTA Academy of Acute Care Mary Sinnott Award for Clinical Excellence and one of Crain’s Detroit’s 2019 Healthcare Heroes, Adele is committed to value-based clinical practice, performance, and organizational management at Henry Ford Hospital, where she has served as supervisor since 2005. Adele also holds part-time faculty positions at Wayne State University’s DPT program and Michigan State University’s College of Human Medicine. An accomplished speaker, she has provided educational sessions at APTA’s CSM, APTA Michigan conferences, and APTA’s State Forum in 2017 and webinars for PT.com, OT.com, and PTLocker via APTA Michigan. Adele was the recipient of the 2021 Foundation of PT Research Acute Care grant, and current areas of research include early rehabilitation in the critical care patient, patient outcomes s/p lung transplant, transcatheter aortic valve replacement, and COVID-19 and the predictive validity of mobility scores on discharge planning.
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Financial: Adele Myszenski received an honorarium for presenting this course material. Non-financial: Adele Myszenski is the content creator and developer of henryfordrehab.com, a PT Locker APTA Michigan approved CEU Provider. She also served as reviewer for APTA Academy of Acute Care Physical Therapy and the APTA Academy of Pediatric Physical Therapy, Laboratory Values Interpretation Resource. Updated 2023.
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