PTY5109 Cardiorespiratory physiotherapy

When you finish this unit, you should be able to:

1. 1

   Implement a range of strategies that enable effective communication with clients with cardiorespiratory disease and their caregivers;

2. 2

   Communicate appropriate information to other health professionals involved in providing client care to optimize interprofessional management;

3. 3

   Identify the issues surrounding care and treatment of the client with acute or chronic cardiorespiratory conditions;

4. 4

   Explain the anatomical structure and function of the thorax (including the cardiorespiratory system) and abdomen;

5. 5

   Design and conduct a physiotherapy assessment of the cardiorespiratory system including determination of a client’s short and long-term goals and medico-legal documentation of findings;

6. 6

   Apply evidence based clinical reasoning to devise a client-centred problem list;

7. 7

   Describe the pathophysiology of injury and disease of the cardiorespiratory system and relate this to physiotherapy management;

8. 8

   Determine and perform appropriate cardiorespiratory physiotherapy management across the lifespan, including monitoring its effectiveness, discharge planning and utilising re-assessment findings to inform practice;

9. 9

   Apply knowledge of commonly encountered medications (including analgesics, anticoagulants, anti-infectives) to physiotherapy practice;

10. 10

    Demonstrate appropriate manual handling and positioning of self and client at all times, utilising principles of risk minimisation;

11. 11

    Explain evidence-based physiotherapy interventions relevant to the management of the cardiorespiratory client;

12. 12

    Calculate and interpret statistics to support clinical decision making in physiotherapy interventions.