CI/Indications

Question 1

COPD is a contraindication for what lymphatic technique?

Answer 1

Thoracic pump with recoil

Question 2

What can you use in a post surgical pt who is at risk for DVT but anticoagulants are contraindicated?

Answer 2

IVC filter

Question 3

How long do you avoid the postsurgical site?

Answer 3

Two weeks

Question 4

When do you avoid abdominal plexus inhibition?

Answer 4

Midline incisions or aortic aneurysms

Question 5

If a pt has had a recent left hemicolectomy, what technique should be avoided?

Answer 5

Sigmoid release

Question 6

When should mesenteric release be avoided?

Answer 6

anterior abdominal incisions

Question 7

when do you avoid rib raising?

Answer 7

fracture of rib or spine, recent spinal surgery

Question 8

pedal pump should be avoided ABSOLUTELY when

Answer 8

DVT risk, LE fracture, recent ab. surgery

Question 9

when should you relatively avoid lymphatic tx?

Answer 9

Osseous fx, bacterial infection w fever >102, abscess/local infection, or certain stages of carcinoma

Question 10

When should you avoid treating the thoracic inlet?

Answer 10

upper rib or clavicle fracture

Question 11

when should liver and spleen pumps be avoided?

Answer 11

Thoracotomy, chest tube, trauma

Question 12

What are the absolute contraindications for FPR?

Answer 12

unstable fracture affected by tx positioning
manifestations of neurological problems brought on by tx
exacerbation of life threatening symptomolagy by tx position (EKG changes, O2 drop)

Question 13

What are relative contraindications for FPR?

Answer 13

not well tolerates
comorbidities placing at risk for fracture
moderate to severe joint instability
spinal stenosis or nerve root impingement where positions can exacerbate condition