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1. Therapists in the Uniformed Services: Improving Care in Emergency Response Medical Missions.

Author

Otto, Josef S., Chase, Carla, and Barrett, Christopher W.

Subjects
*DIET in disease, *LENGTH of stay in hospitals, *COVID-19, *ATTITUDES of medical personnel, *WORK, *MILITARY medicine, *CONVALESCENCE, *ACTIVITIES of daily living, *EMERGENCY management, *DEPLOYMENT (Military strategy), *DIET therapy, *HOSPITAL admission & discharge, *EXPERIENTIAL learning, *QUALITY assurance, *PHYSICAL therapists' attitudes, *OCCUPATIONAL therapists, *SPEECH therapists
Abstract

People diagnosed with COVID-19 who require hospitalization are primarily admitted secondary to shortness of breath because of hypoxia but also display difficulties with overall muscle weakness, which could impair gait, activities of daily living, speech, cognitive-linguistics, or swallowing. This article provides a clinical perspective of how a physical therapist, occupational therapist, and speech language pathologist in the US Public Health Service Commissioned Corps were deployed with an augmentation team and how they improved care at a hospital that was overwhelmed with patients diagnosed with COVID-19. The rehabilitation team completed 246 evaluation and treatment encounters in a 12-day period and began seeing patients within 24 hours on-site. After the rehabilitation team arrived, patients were noted to be more mobile, independent in activities of daily living, and able to tolerate the least restrictive diets without signs and symptoms of aspiration. As a result of rehabilitation services, safe discharges were expedited, length of stay was reduced, and the hospitals' inpatient admission capacity was maximized. The augmentation team learned the importance of including rehabilitation specialties for treating patients with COVID-19. Mobilizing rehabilitation specialties along with medical and nursing staff helps maximize the overall recovery, health, and outcomes for patients. Leadership that is responsible for the development and deployment of future medical teams in military, emergency response, and public health efforts should consider all therapy disciplines as an essential component for each team. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2022
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2. TRACKING THE TRIGGERS.

Author

THOMPSON BECKLEY, ELIZABETH

Subjects
*BRAIN injuries, *CONVALESCENCE, *SPEECH therapists, *OCCUPATIONAL roles, *POSTCONCUSSION syndrome, *DISEASE complications
Abstract

The article discusses strategies that speech-language pathologists (SLP) can employ to help patients who suffered from traumatic brain injury (TBI) deal with somatic symptoms. Topics discussed include the most common somatic symptoms exhibited by TBI patients, the impact of patients' inability to manage somatic symptoms on their cognitive recovery and the advantages of using symptom tracking in TBI. Also discussed are the functions of mind miming when dealing with TBI somatic symptoms.

Published
2018

3. LOST in the present.

Author

STEVENS, CHRISTOPHER

Subjects
*BRAIN concussion, *COMMUNICATIVE disorders, *CONVALESCENCE, *EXPERIENCE, *MEMORY disorders, *SPEECH therapists, *REHABILITATION for brain injury patients
Abstract

An interview with a teenage girl who suffered from long-term memory loss following a concussion is presented. The teenage girl discusses her recovery status, her symptoms after the concussion and what she remembers about working with the speech-language pathologist (SLP) after her third concussion. She also talks about the strategies she used to help with her memory and the aspects of the treatment she found most helpful.

Published
2018

4. Coming Out of the Dark.

Author

HARDIN, KATHRYN

Subjects
*BED rest, *BRAIN concussion, *CONVALESCENCE, *HIGH school athletes, *HOCKEY injuries, *PATIENT education, *PHYSICAL therapy, *SPEECH therapists, *OCCUPATIONAL roles, *REHABILITATION for brain injury patients
Abstract

The article focuses on how rehabilitation teams help people with mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) resume an active life, after studies suggest that concussion rehabilitation is not helpful for people with mTBI. Topics discussed include the "Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation" article by Noah Silverberg and Grant Iverson in 2013 asking whether post-TBI rest really is the best medicine, the real problems with prolonged rest, and the considerations to take when working with people with TBIs.

Published
2015

5. FIRST PERSON/LAST PAGE. Sometimes Theory Doesn't Translate Into Practice.

Author

HUNTER, KAREN

Subjects
*BRAIN injury treatment, *CAREGIVER attitudes, *ATTITUDES of medical personnel, *CONVALESCENCE, *THEORY-practice relationship, *FAMILIES, *EXPERIENCE, *SPOUSES, *HUMANITY, *PSYCHOSOCIAL factors, *PSYCHOLOGY of caregivers, *BRAIN injuries, *EMOTIONS, *PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation, *SPEECH therapists, *HEALTH self-care
Abstract

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience of caring for her husband after a brain injury.

Published
2022

6. Professional Concern, Personal Joy.

Author

DeMARCO, ANN

Subjects
*CONVALESCENCE, *EXPERIENCE, *FRIENDSHIP, *INTRACRANIAL aneurysms, *SPEECH therapists
Abstract

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience of difficulty as a speech-language pathologist as her best friend began a slow recovery from a brain aneurysm.

Published
2017
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7. A Professor's Tumor: In exploring aphasia from the inside out, an SLP finds more than just a communication problem.

Author

SUSCA, MICHAEL

Subjects
*APHASIA, *BOOKS, *CONVALESCENCE, *EXPERIENCE, *SPEECH therapists
Abstract

The author relates his experience as a speech-language pathologist who has treated people with aphasia. Topics covered include his experience of being diagnosed with expressive aphasia, his attempt to compensate for his verbal and literal paraphasias and his appreciation of the entire person beyond the communicative disorder he was trained to address.

Published
2017
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8. Ready for a Comeback.

Author

ROWDEN-RACETTE, KELLIE

Subjects
*CONVALESCENCE, *SPEECH therapists, *SPEECH therapy, *REHABILITATION of aphasic persons
Abstract

The article features speech-language pathologist (SLP) Darlene Williamson, founder and executive director of Stroke Comeback Center in Vienna, Virginia. Topics explored include the establishment of the center which benefits stroke survivors and individuals with aphasia, her commitment to providing assistance to patients that had utilized their insurance-covered services and benefits, and the use of a life participation strategy by the center for the treatment of aphasia patients.

Published
2014
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9. The Other Side of the Spoon.

Author

MCCOY, YVETTE

Subjects
*COMMUNICATIVE disorders, *CONVALESCENCE, *DEGLUTITION disorders, *EXPERIENCE, *SPEECH therapists, *PSYCHOLOGY, *ATTITUDE (Psychology), *THERAPEUTICS
Abstract

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience in being diagnosed with pituitary adenoma and how she used her experience to improve her understanding of patients with dysphagia as a speech-language pathologist.

Published
2015
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10. From Coma to Communication.

Author

LUDWIG-KELLER, JUDITH

Subjects
*COMMUNICATIVE disorders, *CONVALESCENCE, *EXPERIENCE, *OCCUPATIONAL roles, *REHABILITATION for brain injury patients, *SPEECH therapists, *PSYCHOLOGY
Abstract

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experiences of surviving a head injury in April 2013, which resulted in significant sensorineural hearing loss.

Published
2015
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