Prison PT
Caring for the incarcerated
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connection inside
Found connections It’s no surprise that connection to others is important when it comes to well being. And that’s the business I’m in….helping others find a way to be well again. I won’t claim that I can help every patient find this, because being well is complicated, because being human, is complicated. And these individuals…
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ask & you shall receive
a new adventure on the inside A new offering is in the works at the prison. Ask and you shall receive. A patient of the pharmacist brought up an idea to develop a weekly class for those people, like himself, to help manage his diabetes. The pharmacist brought the idea to the Chief Medical Officer…
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surprised
shouldn’t have been, but I was This was maybe our 4th visit together. He’s seeing me for an injury sustained after being shot. In prison. Fortunately, not ours. It occurred at a higher security prison, level IV, meaning those incarcerated there need to be watched a little more closely. A gun entering prison grounds begs…
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not the norm
interesting patients Working here is like working in inpatient rehab in a state/county hospital. There are plenty of a variety of chronic pain or orthopedic injury/surgery situations. But there’s also things you might not see if you worked at Kaiser, but that you could most likely see if you worked at Highland Hospital, Zuckerburg San…
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