AQUATIC THERAPY
AQUATIC THERAPY Guion, Denise Sharielle - 2A Jacobo, Christian Lawrence - 2A Jamadre, Herfa Grace - 2A Javier, Esania Adrienne - 2A Macavinta, Danica Rose - 2A INFOGRAPHS A patient has HIV (+). Group exercise in the pool is part of your PT management. Only the other patients are HIV (-). What is your best course of action? Let the patient join the group Let the patient wait until everyone is finished. Tell the group to let your patient finish first before dipping in the pool After having your patient finish the exercise sanitized the pool first for everyone’s safety. The best course of action is let the patient join the group because we know that HIV is shared only through blood, vaginal fluid, semen, breast milk and sexual contact. In addition, HIV cannot live in swimming pools. There have been no cases of HIV transmission through swimming pools. As a physical therapist, we sho...