Physical Therapists in the Emergency Department

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 ED PT 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 care

Three 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, TheEDPT.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 @rgriffithdpt
• Instagram
• Website 

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