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04-01: Patient Management, Body Mechanics, Vital Signs Flashcards

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Definition and purpose of HIPAA

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Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act - Protects confidentiality of pt medical info, protects pt record when stored, protects pt records between healthcare providers and insurers

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Patient Identifiers

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  • 18 identifiers
  • Name, address, date of birth, last four digits of SS#, Contact info, All ages over 89, Vehicle identifiers, Device identifiers, biometrics, photo images
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5 steps of Patient Management

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Examination, Evaluation, Diagnosis, Prognosis, Plan of Care: Intervention

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Open-ended questions

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Questions that require patient to elaborate and give details

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Closed-ended questions

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Yes or no questions

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Four parts to an intervention

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  • Type: What activity is being done
  • Amount: Number of sets/reps
  • Duration: How long exercise /activity done
  • Frequency: How many times/day was activity done
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Preparation for Patient Care

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  • Be aware of environment at all times
  • Prepare treatment area
  • Handling of patients
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Preparing treatment area

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  • Sufficient room to work with pt
  • Safe environment
  • Gather necessary equipment
  • Clean any equipment prior to and after treatment
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Patient preparation

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  • Prepare treatment area
  • Gait belt
  • Keep patient informed (Limit waiting time)
  • Appropriate pt dress: modest. safe
  • Appropriate footwear: shoes, non-skid socks
  • Draping for modesty, treatment
  • Observe location of lines and equipment attached to pt
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Types of CDC Handwashing

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  • Handwashing: Plain soap and water
  • Antiseptic: Washing hands with antiseptic agent
  • Alcohol-based rub: Rubbing with alcohol-containing preparation
  • Surgical hand hygiene/antiseptis: Washing or using alcohol-based hand rub before surgery
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Hand Hygiene - Visibly soiled

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Wash with non-antimicrobial or antimicrobial soap and water

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Hand Hygiene - Not visibly soiled

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Alcohol-based hand rub for routinely decontaminating hands

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When to wash hands

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  • Hands are visibly soiled with blood or infectious matter
  • Touching contaminated items
  • Before and after treating patients
  • Removal of PPE
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Principle of proper body mechanics

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  • Center of gravity over base of support (BOS should be shoulder width apart)
  • Reduces stress on musculoskeletal system during lifting, lowering, pushing and carrying
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5 Cardinal Rules of Body Mechanics

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  • Keep load close to you
  • Widen the BOS
  • Isometric contraction of trunk (Stabilizes back)
  • LIft with legs
  • Do not twist
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Gait Belt

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  • Safety device that provides level of control for PTA/PT with pt during transfers and gait training
  • Used in case patient starts to fall, loses balance
  • Can pull patient close or control lowering to ground
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Gait training

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Skilled teaching mechanics of normal vs. abnormal movement

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Ambulation

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No skills required for gait, just movement

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Position guarding during gait

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  • Posterior and slightly lateral to pt (about 45˚)

- On the involved side, feet in stride with pt

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If patient has LOB…

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  • PTA pulls pt towards him creating COG ot PTA/pt over BOS and lowers pt to ground
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Verbal Cues

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Providing auditory commands for specific action

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Ergonomics

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Area of physical therapy that includes workstation modification - moving things around to avoid repetitive motions

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Vital Signs

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  • Heart Rate (HR)
  • Pulse Rate (PR)
  • Respiratory Rate (RR)
  • Blood Pressure (BP)
  • Temperature (T)
  • Pain
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Heart Rate

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Measure taken over heart (auscultation)

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Pulse Rate

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  • Beats per minute palpated and measured distally

- Most common areas: Radial and Carotid

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Resting Heart Rate

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HR at rest

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Basal Heart Rate

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HR after extended rest (ex: nap)

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Trophic changes due to impaired circulation

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  • Loss of hair
  • Dry or flaky skin
  • Muscle atrophy
  • Cool temperature
  • Blanching
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Pulse Regularity Scale

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0 = absent
1 = thready, weak
2 = normal
3 = strong
4 = full bounding
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Methods of measuring HR/PR

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  • Manual palpation
  • Auscultation (Stethoscope)
  • Doppler (Ultrasound)
  • Oximeter (Blood O2 concentrations)
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Normal pulse rates

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Adults 60-100 bpm

Children 80-100 bpm

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Abnormal pulse rates

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Bradycardia - slow resting PR 100 bpm

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Maximal HR (PR) or Age-predicted Max HR

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  • Highest HR person should achieve during exercise

- Formula: 220-age

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Target HR

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  • HR attempt to achieve during exercise, between 60-80% of max HR
  • Formula: (220-age) x (.60) to (220-age) x (.80)
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Locations of palpating PR

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Carotid, Brachial, Radial, Femoral, Popliteal, Dorsal Pedal

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Systolic Pressure

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Pressure exerted by blood against arterial walls when the heart CONTRACTS

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Diastolic Pressure

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Pressire exerted by blood against arterial walls when the heart IS NOT CONTRACTING (relaxes)

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Kortokoff Sounds

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Sounds heard through stethoscope when taking BP (5 sounds)

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Kortokoff #1

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Snapping sound first heard at systolic pressure (Clear tapping, repetitive sounds for at least two consecutive beats is systolic pressure)

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Kortokoff #2

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Murmurs heard between systolic and diastolic pressures

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Kortokoff #3

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Loud, crisp tapping sound

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Kortokoff #4

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Thumping and muting sounds at pressures within 10 mmHg above the diastolic pressure

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Kortokoff #5

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Silence when cuff pressure drops below diastolic pressure

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Parts of stethoscope

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  • Earpiece
  • Binourel piece
  • Flexible Tubing
  • Stem
  • Chestpiece
  • Headset: Eartip, Eartube
  • Chestpiece: Tunable Diaphragm
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BP Ranges

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Normal: 120/80
Pre-Hyp: 120-39/80-89
Stage 1 Hyp: 140-159/90-99
Stage 2 Hyp: Greater than 160/Greater than 100

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Orthostatic Hypotension

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  • Drop in BP with changes in position
  • Decrease in systolic BP of 20 mmHg or more
  • Often occurs after prolonged bedrest
47
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Normal respiratory rate

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  • 1 cycle = one inspiration + one expiration
  • Adult: 12-18 bpm
  • Children: 20 bpm
48
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Normal temperature

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Afebrile: No fever = normal temp (98.6˚ F)
Febrile: temp above 100˚ F

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O2 Saturation

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Normal = 100%
Medicare payment = below 90%
Terminate exercise = 88%

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Contraindications for Exercise - VS

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Resting HR = >100 bpm or 200 mmHg or 110 mmHG

O2 Sat = <90%

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Pain

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  • “new” vital sign

- Subjective, but can be objectified using VAS (numeric scale or facial pics)

52
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Characteristics of pain

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  • Type
  • Location
  • Intensity
  • Duration
  • Frequency
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Common Lab Values - Hemoglobin

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Male = 14-18 gm/dL
Female = 12-16 gm/dL
Newborn = 16.5-19.5 gm/dL
Children = 11.2-16.5 gm/dL
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Common Lab Values - Glucose

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100-250 mg/dL

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Common Lab Values - BUN

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10-20 mg/dL

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Common Lab Values - Platelets

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150,000-400,000 mm3

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