CGA

Medical abbreviation · Rehabilitation

CGA
Stands forContact guard assist
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CGA stands for Contact guard assist, a rehabilitation abbreviation.

Assistance level in which the helper keeps one or both hands on the patient, often on a gait belt, to steady them, without giving lifting help. The patient performs all of the effort.

Example: Ambulated 75 ft with FWW and CGA; one LOB self-corrected.

Usage notes

A gait belt around the waist gives staff a safe handhold. CGA sits between stand-by assist and minimal assist. Many hospitals require CGA or more for patients at high fall risk until therapy clears them.

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