Occupational Therapist
Mr. Yosmel Hernandez is an Occupational Therapist in Hialeah, FL
with special training and skill in holistically treating injured, ill, or disabled patients through therapeutic activities that help them develop, recover, improve, and maintain the skills needed for daily living and working.
As an Occupational Therapist, Yosmel Hernandez, OT-RL performs
rehabilitation of patients with mental, emotional, and physical disabilities by planning and administering medically prescribed occupational therapy. Occupational Therapy is
physiological treatment of patients recuperating from physical or mental illness that encourages rehabilitation through the performance of activities required in daily life. Significant diseases and conditions treated by
Occupational Therapists include work related upper extremity injuries, amputees and people with special prosthetics, stroke or heart attack victims, arthritis, multiple sclerosis or permanent disabilities patients, patients with head injuries and mental disabilities, severe burn and spinal cord trauma patients.
Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Occupational Therapists
include individualized evaluation to determine the patient's goals; customized intervention to improve the patient's ability to perform daily activities, and outcome evaluation to ensure that the goals are being met and/or intervention plan adjusted.
An occupational therapist is a person who has graduated from an entry-level occupational therapy program accredited by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE) or predecessor organizations, or approved by the World Federation of Occupational Therapists (WFOT), or an equivalent international occupational therapy education program; has successfully completed a period of supervised fieldwork experience required by the occupational therapy program; has passed a nationally recognized entry-level examination for occupational therapists, and fulfills state requirements for licensure, certification, or registration. An occupational therapist provides interventions based on evaluation and which emphasize the therapeutic use of everyday life activities (i.e., occupations) with individuals or groups for the purpose of facilitating participation in roles and situations and in home, school, workplace, community and other settings. Occupational therapy services are provided for the purpose of promoting health and wellness and are provided to those who have or are at risk for developing an illness, injury, disease, disorder, condition, impairment, disability, activity limitation, or participation restriction. Occupational therapists address the physical, cognitive, psychosocial, sensory, and other aspects of occupational performance in a variety of contexts to support engagement in everyday life activities that affect health, well-being, and quality of life.
Occupational Therapists in Hialeah, FL
Registered General Care Respiratory Therapist
Mr. Yosmel Hernandez is a Registered General Care Respiratory Therapist in Hialeah, FL
with special training and skill in resolving and monitoring lung and heart dysfunctions with a National Board for Respiratory Care credentials.
As a Registered General Care Respiratory Therapist, Yosmel Hernandez, OT-RL performs
daily respiratory healthcare in collaboration with other specialists. General Care Respiratory Therapy - Registered is
the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cardiopulmonary issues. Significant diseases and conditions treated by
Registered General Care Respiratory Therapists include asthma, infections like pneumonia, chronic lung diseases like cystic fibrosis, and chest trauma.
Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Registered General Care Respiratory Therapists
include imaging tests, pulmonary function test, blood gas test, aerosol therapy, oxygen therapy, and mechanical ventilation.
This level of care includes diagnostics testing, therapeutics, monitoring, rehabilitation of patients with disorders of the cardiopulmonary system, as well as, education of the patient and family in regard to those disorders.
Registered General Care Respiratory Therapists in Hialeah, FL
