Synopsis Of The Movie 'Regarding Henry'

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n Baronner Reflective Assignment from Regarding Henry: Question 1 In the movie, Regarding Henry, Henry was shot in both the frontal lobe and the subclavian artery. As a result of being shot in the subclavian artery, his brain became anoxic, which is an abnormally low amount of oxygen to the brain. The bullet entering his frontal lobe and the anoxic event in his brain caused many health issues for Henry. Some of these issues include loss of speech, memory, social skills, interpersonal skills, ability to read, and behavioral & personality changes. When Henry first wakes up in the hospital, he cannot talk and has a blank stare. He has a speech therapist that helps him in the rehabilitation center, but Bradley is the first one to help him …show more content…

Bradley really helps Henry during recovery process; however, Bradley does not always act in the most professional manner. As a physical therapist, it is important to develop relationships with our patients, but Bradley seems to act more like a friend than a physical therapists. Sometimes he will swear or make comments about different girls in front of Henry. If we were on clinical rotations and did that kind of stuff it would not be acceptable. Even when we get a job, most places would not encourage that kind of behavior. I think it is important to form good relationships with our patients like Bradley did with Henry, but I think there may be more professional ways of going about …show more content…

When getting Henry up, Bradley did not use a gait belt on Henry. I think with this being the first time Henry is walking and because he is a complex patient, a gait belt should be used. Plus, we are taught to always use a gait belt in comps during PT school. Also, Bradley does not use good positioning of his hands. We learned to hold on to the gait belt with one hand and a shoulder with the other hand while walking and in the movie Bradley places one of his hands on Henry’s back and the other on his stomach. It did not look like this method was supporting Henry very well when getting him up. Bradley also tells Henry to just kick his leg out when he was having trouble moving his feet in a reciprocal pattern. I do not think just telling a patient to do that would help them to understand what to do. I think most patients with a brain injury that are learning to walk for the first time may need visual, tactile, and verbal cues. However, in the movie this method did work for Henry, because after Bradley asked him to do that he started moving his feet. I think that if Bradley used his methods in a comp he would barely pass or may even fail. His methods did not seem very professional to me and appeared

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