RESC 4361: Rehabilitation & Home Care

Assignment One

3A. Review the guidelines for rehabilitation from the Med Facts page and  Chest Guidelines page. After reviewing these pages post two interesting items that you learned from this site.

Cardiac Guidelines (some pulmonary included)

3B. Review the following websites for additional information on Pulmonary and Cardiac Rehabilitation.

AARC Clinical Practice Guideline Pulmonary Rehabilitation
ATS Statement on Pulmonary Rehab. (read the PDF file located in the lower left hand corner)

3B1. Review chapter three of Respiratory Care in Alternative sites, by Kenneth Wyka, using the criteria for patient inclusion/exclusion on pages 60-62, develop a patient profile that includes information about each of the assessment areas.  This should be either a fictitious patient or a real patient with name and information altered. (Submission guidelines). Please submit via email.

3C. Develop a 6-week exercise program for the patient described in exercise 3B. In developing a program decide if they are going to be exercising at a pulmonary rehab center or at home. The type of exercise will change depending on the available equipment. Your program should include:

1. type of exercise
2. days of the week to perform
3. duration of exercise
4. describe how the level of intensity will change over the 6 weeks
5. describe patient monitoring before, during and after exercise (i.e. what will you teach the patient to do, what exercise scales would be appropriate for the patient)

NOTE:  Please email this to me via an attachment.

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