6. Red flags — escalate / transfer
🚩 Red flags |
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New or worsening pain, deformity, or refusal during a technique — hold the activity, assess, and notify the provider/therapy. A fall or near-fall during ambulation/transfer — stop, assess per the Falls reference, and reassess the technique and assist level. New dyspnea, chest pain, or desaturation with activity — stop, assess, and escalate per the clinical references. Functional decline over consecutive sessions — hold the program and obtain a therapy re-evaluation. |