This course is designed to review common types of precautions that health care professionals often utilize when treating a variety of clients.  Precautions covered include standard/universal precautions, isolation precautions, fall precautions, sternal precautions, hip precautions, weight bearing precautions, and common precautions when treating a person with deep vein thrombosis or lymphedema.  In addition, precautions to remember when treating a client utilizing cold and heat modalities are also reviewed.  The course will give the healthcare provider a general understanding of the above precautions while recognizing that it is their professional responsibility to follow individual physician recommendations at all times.