This knowledge base collects the Allen Hospital's rehab-relevant clinical reference material in one place for PT and OT: the spine service (the Allen is NYP's dedicated spine hospital), plus the other populations we typically see — stroke and orthopedic surgery — along with lab-value guidance, Epic documentation workflows, and key contacts.
⚠️ Before you rely on anything here Content is compiled from department orientation decks, inservices, and policies dated 2009–2025. Surgeon-specific precautions, phone numbers, and workflows change — always confirm against current orders, the chart, and the team before acting.
The core service. Precautions (the BLT), procedures, collars and bracing, halo-gravity traction, post-op care and red flags, discharge and the spine kit.
Acute stroke activation, TNK timing rules, BP parameters by stroke type, evaluation and outcome measures, dysphagia and NPO rules.
Surgeon-specific precautions for shoulder, hip, and knee arthroplasty, approved exercises, weight-bearing order rules, and the discharge-recommendation protocol.
Should I see this patient? Department hold criteria, reference ranges, transfusion rules, troponin holds, coagulation thresholds. Trend beats snapshot; symptoms beat labs.
Note types and when to write them, the current PT template, dot phrases, list setup, triage priorities, and new-hire Epic setup.
Physical and occupational therapists covering the Allen, new hires orienting to the spine service, and cross-covering staff from other campuses. The Sources page lists every underlying document so you can go back to the originals — and flags what's still missing.