Massage for Hospitalized and Medically Frail Clients
15 Hour CE Course 
Description
Explore the essential considerations for working with frail and hospitalized clients. Learn through photos, case studies and sample forms how expert massage practitioners individualize their approaches to hospitalized clients; how they complement medical treatments to increase comfort; improve clinical outcomes, and enhance wholeness for clients and their caregivers. Applicable to private practice as well as work in medical facilities, the textbook is an essential resource to use over and over. This course does not teach hands-on skills. Please seek additional experience, with a mentor, to add hands-on skills.
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| Choose an enrollment type: | |||
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| Materials and Test Shipped to You | Contents: Text and workbook with multiple-choice test shipped to you. | $180 | |
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| Text Materials Shipped and Test Online | Contents: Text shipped to you. Online multiple-choice test. | $180 | |
Content Outline
| The Revival of Hospital Massage |
0.5 hour |
Reviewing Massage- and Bodywork-Related Research |
1 hour |
| Adapting to Hospital Culture |
1 hour |
| Infection Control Practices |
1 hour |
| Pressure, Site and Position |
1 hour |
| Common Reasons for Hospitalization or Medical Treatment |
1 hour |
| Common Conditions and Symptoms |
1 hour |
| Common Medical Devices and Procedures | 1.5 hours |
| Medications |
1.5 hours |
| Referrals, Orders and Intake |
1 hour |
| The Massage Session |
1 hour |
| Documentation; Common Abbreviations and Sample Forms |
1 hour |
| Blazing New Trails |
1 hour |
| Open-book Test and Course Evaluation | 1.5 hours |
Learning Objectives
- List at least five significant results in current massage-related research, related to various patient populations and medical interventions.
- List the key elements required when adapting to hospital culture.
- Identify the essential elements of infection-control practice.
- List at least five ways massage therapists adapt pressure, site and positioning when working with frail clients.
- Identify at least 10 common medical devices and procedures.
- Identify the essential elements to consider when giving massage or bodywork to frail persons who are taking various medications.
- Identify the key elements involved in making referrals, following orders and performing client intakes.
- Describe the key elements involved in organizing a massage session for a frail client.
- Identify the essential elements in documentation when working with frail clients.
- Correctly define abbreviations commonly used when working in medical settings.
Sample Text
"In an emergency, do not push the nurse's call button. Quickly secure the patient, bedrails up and bed down, and step out into the hall and call whichever staff member is nearby. Pushing the call button may not get an immediate response. Patients may need immediate attention because their IV has become dislodged or they are having difficulty breathing. A patient who was very cachectic once became wedged in between the bedrail and the side of the bed and needed immediate help to be dislodged." from Massage for the Hospital Patient and Medically FrailClient by Gayle MacDonald (2004), page 154
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If a therapist is massaging a patient and an emergency occurs, the therapist should:
- push the nurse’s call button and stay with the patient until the nurse responds
- allow the patient out of bed and follow him/her into the hallway to locate the nearest staff member
- leave the patient’s room immediately, even if the side rails are down, and go into the hall in search of help
- quickly secure the patient with the bedrails up and the bed lowered before leaving the room to call for help
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