I managed to complete a 20 min treatment session on my orthipatient placement recently without een saying more than 10 words. The patient was a 99 year old asian lady who only new 4 english words. Yes, No, Food and Water. I thought this was going to be a tough one!
The patient was a day 1 hip replacement and I was suppose to do a chest treatment and teach bed exercises. Things such as as mimicking taking big deep breaths in and out through my mouth meant i could do a chest Ax with my stethescope. PLus getting the patient to hold at the end of each deep breath in became her deep breathing ex's.
UL and LL ex's were also taught via me performing the exercise and pointing to the patient and saying "yes" to her. This eventually got better and they patient finally understood what was expected of her. If this situation ever come up again, strategies such as gesturing the ex's via imitating them can always be used in a situation where the patient doesn't understand english. it worked for me.
Anyone had a similar ecperience?
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