Treatment Planning & Protocols Flashcards
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What is the primary purpose of establishing short-term goals within a treatment plan?
Answer: To provide measurable milestones that track progress toward long-term goals
Short-term goals serve as measurable milestones that demonstrate incremental progress toward the broader long-term recovery goal.
A worksite coach receives conflicting recommendations from two treating practitioners. The appropriate response is to:
Answer: Facilitate communication between practitioners and document the resolution
Facilitating interprofessional communication ensures care is coordinated, conflicts are resolved transparently, and decisions are documented.
IHSA protocols emphasize that treatment plans for high-exposure trades should specifically address:
Answer: Cumulative trauma and dose-response relationships
High-exposure trades face cumulative trauma risks, so protocols must account for dose-response relationships between exposure and injury.
What does 'informed consent' require before implementing a treatment protocol?
Answer: The worker's understanding and voluntary agreement to the proposed treatment
Informed consent requires the worker to understand the treatment, its risks and benefits, and provide voluntary agreement before it begins.
Which factor is LEAST relevant when determining the appropriate intensity of a treatment protocol?
Answer: The coach's personal preference for certain modalities
Protocol intensity must be driven by clinical and functional factors, not the practitioner's personal modality preferences.
A treatment protocol incorporates a 'work hardening' component. This means the program:
Answer: Simulates actual job tasks to build the worker's capacity for return to work
Work hardening uses real or simulated job tasks to progressively build the physical and functional capacities required for return to work.
In an IHSA-aligned protocol, 'outcome measures' should be selected based on:
Answer: Validity and reliability for the specific injury and job population
Outcome measures must be valid and reliable for the specific injury type and worker population to yield meaningful, actionable data.