Procedures and patient care is one of the first courses a physical therapist assistant (PTA) student will encounter as they begin their educational career. This new and updated second edition of Procedures and Patient Care for the Physical Therapist Assistant covers PTA foundational material, providing detailed information about key skills all PTAs need to know, regardless of specialization including; information about transfers, positioning, vital sign measurement, wounds, infection control and management, assistive devices, and gait.

Beyond utilization as a required text for this core area of the PTA curriculum, this book can be used throughout the student’s education as a reference source, since all other courses build upon this basic information. It also serves the student PTA well after graduation as preparatory material for the licensure examination, or as a refresher when the student becomes a clinician.

This up-to-date text offers step-by-step instructions for skills all PTAs need to know, as well as red flags and documentation examples. Included are PowerPoints for each chapter and an updated Instructor’s manual to hep instructors plan their lessons.

Procedures and Patient Care for the Physical Therapist Assistant is designed with a view to the current advancement of the PTA degree from an Associate’s level to a bachelor’s level degree and will serve well as a foundational text in a PTA Bachelor of Science program.

Jennifer Memolo, MA, PTA, taught in the physical therapist assistant program at Nebraska Methodist College for seven years and Clarkson College for four years, and she also taught graduate level writing. Jennifer has also written Physical Agents for the Physical Therapist Assistant and served as a reviewer for Entry-Level Skills Checklists for Physical Therapist Assistant Students.