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The Role of Lab Values in Clinical Decision Making and Patient Safety for the Acutely Ill Patient

Course: #3629Level: Intermediate 2 Hours 2039 Reviews
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This two-hour online course will review why lab values and vital signs such as hemoglobin, potassium, glucose, blood pressure, heart rate and others are essential clinical tools to determine appropriateness for rehab interventions of acutely ill patients. Normal and abnormal values, as well as steps clinicians can take to monitor the patient’s response will be discussed. Finally, patient care case studies will be presented and are designed to help the learner problem solve and improve clinical decision making related to labs and vitals.

Course created on February 13, 2018

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CEUs/Hours Offered: AOTA/0.2 Intermediate, OT Service Delivery; CE Broker/2.0 Home Study, General (FL), Patient Related (AL), General Continuing Education (GA), Direct Client/patient Services In Occupational Therapy (SC), Related To OT (AZ), Related To OT (LA), Directly Related To OT (MS), Directly Related To OT (TN), CE Broker #20-639530; IACET/0.2; NBCOT PDUs/2.5 Intermediate, Education And/or Research

Learning Outcomes

  • checkmarkAfter this course, participants will be able to discuss why lab values and vital signs are essential clinical tools to determining appropriateness of acute care rehab intervention.
  • checkmarkAfter this course, participants will be able to list the normal values for BP, HR, SaO2, Hemoglobin, Potassium, Glucose, Platelets, Troponin, CPK and other lab values.
  • checkmarkAfter this course, participants will be able to describe the effects of abnormal lab values and discuss precautions and monitoring techniques.
  • checkmarkAfter this course, participants will be able to recognize when to implement, modify or hold rehab interventions based on assessment of lab values and vital signs.

Agenda

0-5 Minutes Background and review of learner outcomes
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
80-110 Minutes Application to practice/case studies
110-120 Minutes Summary, Q & A

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Presenter Disclosure: Adele Myszenski received an honorarium for presenting this course material.

Sponsor Disclosure: This Course is presented by OccupationalTherapy.com, a Continued site.

Content Disclosure: This learning event does not focus exclusively on any specific product or service.

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American Occupational Therapy Association

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