Durable Medical Equipment: Fundamentals, Selection, and Safe Use
Tracking # 20-1415450
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Program Objectives:
- Define Durable Medical Equipment: Explain DME and distinguish it from related concepts such as assistive technology, assistive devices, and adaptive equipment.
- Identify Common DME Categories: Recognize equipment used to support mobility, bathing, toileting, transfers, positioning, and other functional activities.
- Describe Indications, Advantages, and Limitations: Explain the basic uses, benefits, and limitations of commonly encountered DME.
- Identify Selection Factors: Consider patient, caregiver, and environmental factors when selecting appropriate equipment.
- Recognize Safety and Maintenance Considerations: Identify important safety, fitting, setup, and maintenance considerations associated with commonly used DME.
- Describe Patient and Caregiver Education Principles: Explain basic education strategies that promote safe and effective equipment use.
Course Overview:
This introductory self-study course examines commonly encountered durable medical equipment and related rehabilitation aids used for mobility, bathing, toileting, transfers, and positioning. It explains basic device differences, how to match equipment to a person’s functional needs and environment, and the role of setup, inspection, and patient/caregiver education in safe use. The emphasis is practical equipment recognition and selection for occupational therapy practice.
$6.00
1 Hours