Dear all,
Something as simple as a gait/safety belt still stirs controversy. I
teach in the Andrews U PT program. We still teach our students that
they should use a gait belt. Yet when they return from clinicals a
number of them say the clinic they were in does not use gait belts.
I know that a gait belt is not necessarily functional, and some claim
that to use one increases dependence on the PT, decreases function and
transfer of task to the home environment. Yet if you get sued because
you did not have one on and dropped a patient you would be up a creek
because you did not meet the "standard of practice."
What do you think about gait belts?
Ed Greene, MPH, PT
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