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This website describes the precautions set by the CDC to help with infection control. It also has a diagram with pictures to inform you when certain precautions should be taken.

This is a good overview of sternal precautions after heart surgery. It includes images for proper techniques of getting out of a chair or bed without breaking any of these precautions. It also has helpful hints.

I thought this was a great list of hip precautions for almost every OT problem area. Including bathing, dressing, sitting in a car... etc.

Tobi, this is a great site. Thanks for sharing. It will come in handy as well when we have to do our skills assessment at the end of the semester.

Tobi, this is great!! Thanks for sharing.

This is a quick visual you could provide a patient with hip precautions. It provides a good example of what not to do.

Universal Precautions are actions that you take to place a barrier between yourself and potentially infected body fluids. This fact sheet goes on to further show what you can do to keep yourself safe.

WHO IS A CANDIDATE FOR ANTERIOR HIP REPLACEMENT? Many people suffering with arthritis, hip pain, stiffness and limited hip movement can now choose minimally invasive surgery when hip replacement is the chosen treatment of the patient and their doctor. One of the least invasive surgical options is Anterior Hip Replacement. No muscle detachment, no hip precautions. The only place that does this approach in Knoxville is UT hospital.

This video was very helpful for me to be able to see not only the hip precautions, but also the recommended movements as well as hearing the different predicaments which might lead to one being in those positions.

I thought this video was great for what has been being discussed in class between THP and safe transferring in/out of a vehicle. There are a few things mentioned in the video that I would have not considered for a THP, so I felt that others' may benefit from this as well. This video provides an example of how to educate a patient on the different precautions. I felt like this was important because OTA's are holistic and being able to transport safely from place to place is a very important factor.

This article is very technical at times, but describes therapeutic ultrasound and its use nicely. It describes thermal and nonthermal effects and which form is used when. There are different reasons to use each like pain, stretching collagen, or to increase blood flow. What was really interesting was the use of ultrasound to facilitate the delivery of medication administered on the skin. Precautions and contraindications were included.

I printed this document off for my resources after graduations. This is a great document because it list the hip precautions and also exercises for strengthening after a hip surgery. I want to work in a geriatrics setting so I feel this will come in handy in the future.

Overview of bed mobility and transfers for hip precautions

"We conclude a no-restriction protocol does not increase the incidence of early dislocation after primary THA."

Very informative and detailed

Hip Precautions Handout - I like the idea of sending images home with a patient so they can see what's okay and not okay. It may be overwhelming at the doctor's office and a patient may think they will remember what to do. But having pictures could help jog their memory about what should and shouldn't be done.

maintaining sternal precautions.

This webpage gives examples of exercises that can be used while avoiding contraindications for patients with RA.

This PDF gives information on the procedure of hemiarthroplasty to repair a fractured hip, as well as, great visual pictures of the body positioning during ADL's for hip precautions. I thought it would be helpful for someone like me, as an OTA student to visualize the correct preventative positioning during sitting, lying, driving, bathing, etc.