Title: Explain ways to maintain client safety.
Course: Physical/Occupational Therapy I (14060-I) > Section: Maintaining a Safe Patient Environment

Explanation should follow the National Health Safety guidelines and include equipment and practices such as

- call bells
- bed rails
- emergency pull chains
- emergency response systems
- proximity and positioning of the therapist during client treatment
- therapist's recognition of his/her own physical limitations and the judgment to summon assistance as needed (e.g., during transfer)
- therapist's use of mechanical conveyance equipment for transferring clients (i.e., safe-lift environment).

Process/Skill Questions:

- How does the therapeutic setting influence the options for maintaining client safety?
- What factors may require that a therapy professional seek assistance or use lifting equipment when transferring a client?
- What are the proper uses of commonly used patient restraints?