Patent ID: 7862477

Claim:
A method to evaluate a client by a physical therapist, comprising the steps of: providing a plurality of evaluation factors, wherein each evaluation factor comprises point ratings from 0 to 5, wherein a higher point rating indicates a higher likelihood that a client should be referred to emergency care; providing a plurality of evaluation algorithms, wherein each of said evaluation algorithms comprises two or more of said evaluation factors; determining if a client is experiencing distress; operative if a client is experiencing distress, selecting an evaluation algorithm responsive to said distress, wherein said selected evaluation algorithm comprises (N) evaluation factors, wherein (N) is greater than 1; determining if any of said (N) evaluation factors is designated an Emergency Referral evaluation factor; operative if any of said (N) evaluation factors is designated an Emergency Referral evaluation factor, determining if the client's reported distress corresponds to a point rating of â€œ5â€ for any of the Emergency Referral evaluation factors; operative if the client's reported pain corresponds to a point rating of â€œ5â€ for any of the Emergency Referral evaluation factors, referring the patent for immediate emergency care.