American Allied Health - CPTA Certification Exam Review

American Allied Health - CPTA Certification Exam Review Who was Mary McMillan? - Mother of PT and the first president of the APTA What is the Code of Hammurabi? - A set of rules established What is the minimal college degree that a currently practicing PT must possess - Bachelors What is the current entry-level degree - Doctorate Who is ultimately responsible for supervising the PT Aide - Physical Therapist What is a specialist - A person that focuses on a specific area and specialty What specialties are available in medicine (physician) In PT: - Cardiovascular, Pulmonary, Neurology, Orthopedic, Pediatrics, Sports Medicine, Musculoskeletal, Wound Management, Women's Health, Geriatrics, Oncology What specialties are available in medicine (physician) In OT: - Environment Modification, Feeding, Eating, Swallowing, Mental health, Physical Rehabilitation, Mental Health, Gerontology, Driving and Community Mobility Who is responsible for certifying a rehabilitation program? - National Commission for Certifying Agencies Can a PT Aide change the PT plan? - No/False Does applying a cold pack require a physician prescription? - No/False What are manual grading systems used for? - Used as a rehabilitation Mechanism for muscle contractions From which languages are medical terms typically derived? - Greek and Latin prn - as needed qd - daily/ everyday c (with a line over it) - Width s (with a line over it) - Without Hyper - Excessive Hypo - Under/ Below Anti - Without Inter - between Intra - Within Myo - Muscle Osteo - Bone Artho - Joint Costo - Ribs Logist - Study of Itis - inflammation pathy - Disease of logy - study of plasty - Replacement/ repair of tomy - incision of ectomy - Removal of Transverse Plane - Dived into superior and inferior (top and bottom) Sagittal Plane - Divides the body into right and left Frontal Plane - Divides the body into the front and back Anterior - Front Posterior - Back Distal - Away from the center of the body Proximal - close to the center of the body Superior - Top/above Inferior - Bottom/below Lateral - Toward the outside Medial - toward the middle Tact - The ability to be sensitive towards others