Abstract
A 26-year-old male patient with anoxic brain injury secondary to cardiac arrest was seen for physical therapy treatment for 3 sessions over a 3-day period in the acute care setting by a student physical therapist under the supervision of a licensed physical therapist. The patient was evaluated at the initial encounter with observational measures during functional activity, sitting and standing balance, transfers, and participation in physical therapy and communicating with family, and standardized measures for mobility by the Activity Measure for Post-Acute Care (AM-PAC) 6-Clicks, and ambulation by the 2 minute walk test (2MWT). A plan of care was established to address impairments in postural control and lower extremity coordination in functional movement, limitations in balance, transfers, mobility, and ambulation, and dependence in communication with family and restrictions with participation in physical therapy. Main goals for the patient were to increase functional independence in mobility and quality of functional mobility. Main interventions used over-ground gait training, transfer training, and balance training. The patient was progressing towards achieving all goals when he was accepted into inpatient rehabilitation. The patient was discharged to inpatient rehabilitation following the 3rd physical therapy session.