Week Three B

This patient came in following the QANTAS air accident. She is from India and can only speak slight English. she present with hypersensitivity and would barley let the Physio touch her without pain. She was very quite and reserved with my male supervisor but when he left the room to go and get something while i massaged her she spoke up and told me exactly how she was feeling. my supervisor and i decided that i would do most of the questioning and hands on work and he would just come in every now and again. this worked well only because she required massage of her upper and lower back. she will be requiring further treatment that i am unable to provide so i am working on a way to get her to see a female Physio to make her feel more comfortable.

i felt nervous with this patient as i i had to speak slowly and in common words and i used my hands a lot so she would know what was going to happen. i also did a lot of demonstrations to make her feel more comfortable and relaxed about the treatment.

Overall i think at this stage with her being in so much pain we were able to provide her with the best treatment that made her feel comfortable and relieved some pain.