Physical Therapists in the Emergency Department PT Pintcast - Physical Therapy

Rebekah Griffith is a physical therapist practicing in the Emergency Department and committed to making PT in the ED well-known and well-practiced. She started the (https://theeddpt.com/)ED PT (https://theeddpt.com/) which includes continuing education, consulting, and providing course content for DPT programs. Rebekah is currently the Chief Delegate of APTA Colorado. Episode Takeaways* Pushing the scope of practice to allow physical therapists to make upstream change* Practicing in non-traditional models* Advocating for improving and expanding the scope of practice to enhance our ability to care for patients * The Emergency Department allows physical therapists to access more patients by being present from the start of a patient’s careThree Questions* Who is someone the audience should follow to learn more about today’s topic? Carleen Jogodka @cjogodka on Twitter* What is something the audience should take a look at if they want to take a deeper dive into some of the things we talked about today? The 4th Annual EmergencyPT Conference & Meeting (https://www.novushealthworks.org/), TheEDPT.com  (https://theeddpt.com/)* Why should people care about this episode/topic? ED PT’s help find more patients for physical therapists while helping to move the needle on earlier access to physical therapy services Parting Shot“Physical therapy should not be a luxury for people and we should do a better job at getting to our patients. We need to be where the patients are.” - Rebekah Griffith Connect with Rebekah* Twitter - @theeddpt (https://twitter.com/TheEDDPT) @rgriffithdpt (https://twitter.com/RGriffithDPT)* Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/theeddpt/)* Website (https://theeddpt.com/) Win a Digital Boost Pack - SIGN UP HERE (https://kingsumo.com/g/pwdh0c/niche-vember-contest/49w2opn?)