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Malone, Daniel, et al. "Physical Therapist Practice In The Intensive CareUnit: Results Of A National Survey." Physical Therapy 95.10 (2015): 1335. Publisher Provided Full Text Searching File. Web. 30 Jan. 2016.

The article I researched is called "Physical Therapist In The Intensive Care Unit." This article describes the lack of training certain physical therapists have in the ICU. It explains how PT's in the ICU have the same amount of training as those that work in the typical rehabilitation center. This is an important topic because the hardest patients to treat are the ones fresh out of the ICU. It is said that the safety of the patients relies on the skills of the Physical Therapists. Special training should be required to operate in the ICU in order for the doctors and patients to thrive.

I have also gathered a few potential quotes from the article for my research. They include:“In the United States, however, there is a paucity of information describing how ICUbased physical therapist services are implemented…” (2). “The purpose of this study was to characterize current physical therapist practice, specifically, practitioner demographics, ICU staffing patterns, methods of training for ICU practice…” (2). These quotes express the idea that PT services are not recognized when placed in the ICU, as well as methods of training are not really apparent. These are a few things that need to be fixed in order for patients fresh out of the ICU to receive the most benefits.

The source I chose is valid because I obtained it from a school sponsored research cite. This is also an article written by a group of PT's that are serious about their careers. They believe that for the safety of all patients, training must be necessary. They have also used a variety of experiments and studies to test the validity of the problem, and how it should be solved. This article gave me insight on other areas that physical therapists study. I was not informed that PT’s operates in the ICU before reading this article. I will be able to use this article in the research of my capstone project and for future reference in my field of study.