1. By Chelsea Kortleever
Intro to PTA 100
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2. *
*What is rehabilitation
*Types of rehabilitation
*Conditions treated
*Work place settings
*Percentages
*Salary
*Education

3. *
*Rehabilitation is the process of
helping an individual achieve the
highest level of independence and
quality of life possible.

4. *
*Back and neck
*Hand
*Hip and Knee
*Multi-trauma
*Musculoskeletal/Orthopedic
*Sports Injuries
*Work Injuries

5. *
*Amputations
*Brain Injuries
*Burns
*Complex Wounds
*Oncology
*Spinal cord Injuries
*Strokes
*Multi-trauma

6. *
*Hospitals
*School Systems
*Orthopedic or Sports rehabilitation
clinic
*Patients Home
*Physical Therapy offices
*Office and Clinics of Physicians
*Nursing and Personal Care Facilities

8. *
*Nationally there is about seventy-
one percent of Physical Therapist
Assistants that are working in
Physical Therapist offices and
hospitals for rehabilitation.

9. *
*$40,009- average annual salary
*$40,000-$95,000

10. *
*Must complete a least a two year
education program.
*Take the National Physical Therapist
Assistant Licensing Examination.

11. *
*http://www.goodshepherdrehab.org/physical-therapy
*http://healthcareersinct.com/therapy-
rehabilitation/physical-therapist-assistant.php
*http://www.herkimer.edu/academics/view_program/ph
ysical_therapist_assistant/
*http://www.checksutterfirst.org/hci/rehab.html
*http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&source=imghp&b
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*http://www.cybercoders.com/job-search/physical-
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