Megan Mitchell is a physical therapist in the Emergency Department at Denver Health Medical Center. She is part of the emergency management team to be on the frontlines and respond to chemical, biologic, nuclear and radiologic and explosive events (CBRNE) that occur near the hospital. She also wrote the role of physical therapists involved in mass casualty events, teaches at the University of Colorado, and volunteers for the Community Emergency Response Team and Disaster REsponder with Team Rubicon USA.
Episode Takeaways
The role of physical therapists in domestic emergencies and disaster responses
Increasing knowledge of our role and practice to emergency responders
Current hospital preparedness programs
Physical therapist's role in caring about CBRNE events
Ways PT/PTA can engage in hospital disaster responses
Wilderness PT is a niche within a niche of Emergency Response PT
