What Does a Rehabilitation Technician Do?

A rehabilitation therapist is a professional technician who works in a rehabilitation medical institution and performs rehabilitation treatment for patients.

Rehabilitation technician

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A rehabilitation therapist is a professional technician who works in a rehabilitation medical institution and performs rehabilitation treatment for patients.

Chinese name

Rehabilitation technician

main duty

Physical and occupational therapy for patients

Field

Professional and technical personnel in medical related fields

main mission

Perform neuromuscular bone joint motor function assessment

The main responsibility of a rehabilitation therapist is to provide physical therapy and occupational therapy for patients in comprehensive rehabilitation treatment to promote their rehabilitation. The main task is to use body movements and various physical factors (electricity, light, heat, cold, water, magnetism, force, etc.) as treatment methods to evaluate and treat neuromuscular and osteoarticular motor functions and reduce pain; Daily life activity training, handicraft therapy, cognitive training and other occupational treatment methods assess and treat patients with meticulous functions, cognitive functions, home and social living abilities, etc. to promote physical and mental recovery, return to society, and improve the quality of life.

Rehabilitation therapists are professionals in medical related fields, not doctors.

Requirement to graduate from a college degree in rehabilitation therapy (including junior college) and obtain a corresponding diploma in higher education. A college degree should be a college education (three-year system) after graduating from high school; a college degree should be a bachelor's degree education (four-year system) after graduating from high school.

1. Have the right professional thinking. Have a clear and profound understanding of the nature, role and value of this profession, and are willing to serve the people with professional knowledge and skills, improve the health level of the masses, and promote the rehabilitation of patients.

2. With humane care. Comply with the ethical codes of conduct of the 3 industries and have a good doctor-patient relationship.

3 Has a pragmatic and rigorous scientific attitude. Responsible for work, planned and organized, excellence, integrity and honesty.

4 Have good psychological qualities.

Have compassion and patience for patients, fully understand the pain and difficulties of patients, and try to help improve; new patients, encourage them to reach their full potential and promote rehabilitation.

Be innovative in working difficulties and problems. In order to solve the problems in rehabilitation treatment, we continue to study and carry out technological innovation.

Dedicated to the collective and colleagues. Able to work with colleagues and team spirit.

5. Have a strong sense of law and discipline. Abide by disciplines and laws, and be able to abide by relevant systems and regulations related to medical work and rehabilitation.

1. Have basic theoretical knowledge of the basic disciplines of this specialty (

(1) Technical capabilities in physical therapy

1. Ability to perform limb motor function assessments such as muscle strength,

1. Have good language communication skills. Able to listen to others' opinions and effectively express personal opinions, exchange discussions, inspire education or solicit opinions.

2. Have better social work ability.

Can care about the patient's comprehensive rehabilitation, combined with the post tasks, play the role of a social worker, and help patients return to society.

Can care about patients 'community rehabilitation and family rehabilitation, pay attention to collect relevant social information, and guide patients' rehabilitation.

(3) Have an understanding of various types of rehabilitation resource centers in the society, and be able to introduce patients to help with resource centers in a timely manner.

3 Have certain organizational management capabilities. Work is planned and organized, know how to arrange the rehabilitation of patients in an orderly manner, organize rehabilitation activities of patient groups, and have certain abilities in other related management tasks.

4 Ability to teach and participate in scientific research. Understand how to demonstrate the treatment operation and explain; Understand the basic methods of clinical practicability research for rehabilitation treatment, and assist in collecting information and conducting experimental treatment under the guidance.

"General Hospital Rehabilitation Medicine Management Regulations"

Article 9 At least two full-time or part-time rehabilitation physicians and two full-time rehabilitation therapists (judges) should be employed in the rehabilitation medicine department of the second-level general hospital; at least two full-time specialists in the rehabilitation medicine department of the third-level general hospital Or part-time rehabilitation physicians, 4 full-time rehabilitation therapists (judges).

Article 10 Rehabilitation medicine departments with rehabilitation beds shall be equipped with full-time rehabilitation physicians, rehabilitation therapists (judges), and nurses in accordance with the types of patients admitted and with reference to relevant clinical departments.

Article 11 A tertiary general hospital mainly engaged in the rehabilitation of somatic motor dysfunction, according to the needs and conditions, can set up part-time or full-time clinical prosthetic and orthosis technicians (judges).

Chapter V Places for Diagnosis and Treatment

Article 12 According to the needs and conditions, the rehabilitation medicine department of the second-level general hospital should generally have a business building with a construction area of 150-300 square meters, and the rehabilitation medicine department of the third-level general hospital should have at least a 300-500 square meters Suitable for business use. If a rehabilitation bed is provided, a rehabilitation ward of an appropriate area should be provided, and the net use area of each bed in the ward is preferably 5-7 square meters.

Article 13 The rehabilitation medicine department shall be located in the hospital premises where patients with dysfunction can easily arrive and leave. Depending on the needs and conditions, it may be set up in the outpatient and inpatient settings, or in the outpatient department and the inpatient department.

Article 14 The passage area of the rehabilitation medicine department and the main public facilities frequently used by patients shall reflect the barrier-free design and the floor shall be non-slip; if a rehabilitation ward is provided, the walls of the corridor shall be provided with handrails.

Article 15 The floor, wall, ceiling and related pipelines of the rehabilitation medicine department shall be easy for the firm installation, normal use and regular maintenance of rehabilitation equipment and instruments.

The Department of Rehabilitation Medicine should have good room temperature adjustment measures. Hospitals located in areas where the hot summer weather lasts too long. If conditions permit, you can consider installing air conditioning devices for sports treatment rooms and occupational treatment rooms.

Rehabilitation clinics with children as the object of treatment, the color design and decoration should be suitable for the psychological characteristics of children.

Chapter 6 Equipment and Equipment

Article 16 The rehabilitation medicine department of the second-level general hospital shall be equipped with basic rehabilitation equipment and equipment of physical therapy, occupational therapy and functional evaluation through appropriate methods such as purchase and self-control according to the needs and hospital level, and other types of rehabilitation equipment shall be deployed as appropriate. And equipment:

First, physical therapy

(I) Sports therapy: training mats and beds, ribs, posture correction mirrors, commonly used training sticks and balls, commonly used sand bags and dumbbells, wall tensioners, rowing machines, finger muscle trainers, four-headed thighs Muscle trainer, forearm rotation trainer, pulley ring, commonly used crutches, commonly used walking aids, parallel wood.

(2) Other physical treatments: Intermediate frequency therapeutic apparatus, low frequency pulse electrotherapy machine, audio electrotherapy machine, ultrashort wave therapy machine, infrared therapy machine, magnetic therapy machine; cervical traction equipment, lumbar traction equipment.

2. Occupational therapy: sanding board, insert board, plug-in unit, bolt, training ball, daily training equipment.

Function evaluation: joint function evaluation device, dynamometer, other commonly used function evaluation equipment.

4. Traditional rehabilitation treatments: acupuncture appliances, human meridian acupoint indication supplies, massage supplies (such as this hospital's Chinese medicine department or nearby Chinese medicine medical institutions to carry out such treatment, rehabilitation medicine department may not be equipped).

Article 17 The rehabilitation medicine department of the third-level general hospital shall, in accordance with the principles stipulated in the preceding article, basically equip with the relevant equipment and equipment of the rehabilitation medicine department of the second-level general hospital, as appropriate, add the following equipment and materials:

First, physical therapy

(I) Sports therapy: power bicycles for training, functional traction grids, passive trainers for shoulder, elbow, wrist, finger, knee, ankle, hip joints, wheelchairs, training escalators.

(2) Other physical treatments: ultrasonic therapy machine, wax therapy equipment, electrothermal massage therapy machine, ultraviolet therapy machine, ice-making equipment.

2. Occupational therapy: cognitive function training tools, jigsaw puzzles, building blocks, plasticine, upper limb slings, basic tools for woodworking and metalworking, and knitting tools.

3. Speech therapy: tape recorder or speech therapy machine, speech assessment and treatment tools (physical, pictures, cards, record books), non-verbal communication drawing board.

4. Functional evaluation: Cardiopulmonary and metabolic function evaluation equipment, EMG and other commonly used electrical diagnostic equipment (function evaluation equipment can be shared with other clinical departments).

V. Rehabilitation project: Equipment, materials and materials for orthopedics commonly used in clinics (general hospitals mainly for rehabilitation of somatic motor dysfunction, equipped as appropriate according to needs and conditions).