An Intern Arguing with Physical Therapy (starring dpt.Steph!)

[capnsean]

At this rate, Jones is working on a wing named after him. Poor fella.

[TinyMedicine]

I had a patient like 100 days Jones. His family was not willing to take him back and he didn't like the idea of a nursing home.

[purplemanatee]

"He tried to go to the bathroom on his own, fell and hit his head" every. goddamn. time. the mad scramble to get to a patient room when the bed alarm goes off and they're a two person assist is too real.

[jeanetteraichel]

Poor Mr Jones is like that recurring patient character on St. Elsewhere. She was on season after season multiple episodes a year....she was a hoot!

[vickycoc]

Every Physiotherapists conversation with a Doctor ... 'have you read my notes?'

[clairem]

This is actually tragic. Brings to mind a case where a patient was admitted for a stroke and ended up with stroke plus severe traumatic head injury from falling in hospital bathroom due to inadequate manual handling while being showered. His attending was almost in tears when she reviewed him. Also brings to mind a surgical patient whose surgery seemed fine and was being discharged on day X as per the standard surgical pathway - despite the small hiccup that he lived alone, was previously independently mobile, but now couldn’t manage to walk safely from the ward to the lobby - not sure why it took a PT to point out that he shouldn’t just be sent home or to suggest someone look into why he could no longer walk normally. Just because a doctor is not from neurology or aged care shouldn’t mean that they get a leave pass from noticing basic issues like if a person can walk short distances without losing balance.

[americantoadsarecool]

This reminds me of when they tried to send my grandma home with no rehab/plan to prescribe PT. She couldn’t walk on her own and previously was totally independent. All of the adults in my family had already used up all their time off work rotating to be with her in hospital. That was a nightmare

[doomzday]

Jones when he is finally healed but broke : I've won but at what cost?

[nathanielmeneses]

Felt this on the receiving end as a home health PT. So funny 😂

[janellebutner]

As an acute care SLP I literally laughed out loud at the ending because of how spot on you are. Sending this to all my coworkers as this is something we deal with daily with the baby docs.

[njm]

HAHAHAHAH this guy is a genius when it comes to medical comedy. PURE GOLD

[AGL]

As an OT, I love this! So realistic!

[breezy]

I had someone like this . This pt had every team possible on their case. Then I managed to get everyone to sign off on them (8-9 specialist), RT, PT, and acceptance to the acute care facility, as well as the TB /COVID testing in a expected time frame prior to DC. Oh, yes even the ambulance ride setup to go through with the help of SW . Then you know what happens no more than 30 minutes before DC. She jumps out of her chair and turned the chair alarm off . Oh, even took her oxygen off and hit her head . 🥺😕😳😩🤨🤨 so guess who stayed over the weekend in addition to the 5 months she had already been there. 🤣
Update she was fine . A sweetie that I adored but every one was rooting for her to get home to her animals and family . She was not harmed and managed to push through.

[emilybillybobsenior]

Physical Therapists are such big advocates for patients. I love them so much

[ajrothBU]

Thank you for always actually including someone from the guest specialty. I got nervous when I saw PT in the title but glad it was an accurate depiction

[ayakacrane]

I can imagine a similar situation with a discharge planner. The hospital i used to work at has a designated staff for discharge planning and they are tasked to ensure that anything a patient needs is sorted out before discharge. They also usually advocate for clients that are not safe to go home yet. That's the one reason I didn't go for that position as they get pressure from doctors and hospital to discharge patients then pressure from home care to keep them in hospital as their unscheduled care needs are too much for homecare supports.

[chunheiso]

My life as a Physiotherapist in a nutshell

[FoughtTheLawn]

As a case manager, I've had this exact same conversation with therapy before 🤣

[lea.hallon]

As a PT and now medical student that was great! So sad but true.

[JioLLLL]

lmaoo he's starting to acknowledge that jones has every illness under the sun