Chapter 11 Terms

Question 1

Ambulation

Answer 1

The act of moving or walking with or without an assistive device

Question 2

Mechanical lift

Answer 2

special equipment used to live and move or lift and weigh a person

Question 3

Positioning

Answer 3

the act of helping people into positions that promote comfort and health

Question 4

Dangle

Answer 4

a sit-up with the legs hanging over the side of the bed to regain balance

Question 5

Ergonomics

Answer 5

the science of designing equipment, tasks to make them safer and to suit the worker’s abilities

Question 6

Fowlers

Answer 6

semi-sitting, in which a person’s head and shoulders are elevated 45 to 60 degrees

Question 7

Lateral

Answer 7

a person is lying on either side

Question 8

logrolling

Answer 8

moving a person as a unit

Question 9

posture

Answer 9

the way a person holds and positions his body

Question 10

prone

Answer 10

body position in which a person is lying on his stomach, or the front side of the body

Question 11

Shearing

Answer 11

Rubbing or friction results from the skin moving one way and the bone underneath it.

Question 12

sims’

Answer 12

a person is lying on his left side with the upper knee flexed and raised toward the chest

Question 13

Supine

Answer 13

lying flat on the back

Question 14

transfer belt

Answer 14

a belt used to help weak people.