A patient with a SCI presented with the following diagnostic…
A patient with a SCI presented with the following diagnostic results and symptoms: incomplete lesion with deficits in more centrally located tracts of UE’s than the peripherally located tracts of LEs. With this injury motor deficits are greater than sensory. This type of injury is:
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A patient suffered a traumatic brain injury and is currently in the ICU. This is the PTAs first day to work with him having received the plan of care from the PT. The PTA notes as she begins his treatment that the patient requires continued stimuli to stay awake but the patient remains confused when awake. Although the physical therapy was beneficial to the patient, the interaction with the patient was unproductive. In the SOAP, the PTA documents his level of consciousness as_________?
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