Lecture 4 Canes Crutches Psych

Question 1

Cane goes on

Answer 1

unaffected side

Question 2

Length of crutch

Answer 2

2-3 finger widths below anterior axillary fold
to point laterally and slightly in front of foot

Question 3

Hand grip for crutch

Answer 3

elbows should be 30 degrees flexion

Question 4

even for even
odd for odd gait

Answer 4

use even gait for even affected limbs
odd gait for off affected limbs
2 point - mild bilaterally problem
4 point - severe bilaterally problem
3 - only odd one for one leg affected

Question 5

crutches training

Answer 5

up with good
down with bad

Question 6

crutches

Answer 6

pick it up set it down walk to it

tie belongings to side

Question 7

delusions

Answer 7

false, fixed, idea or belief NO SENSORY
paranoid - - people are out to harm
grandiose - - you are superior
somatic - - about a body part

Question 8

Hallucination

Answer 8

a false fixed sensory experience
auditory
visual
tactile
gustatory - taste
olfactory - smell

Question 9

illusions

Answer 9

misinterpretation of reality

an illusion has a referent in reality

Question 10

Functional Psychosis

Answer 10

can function
Schizophrenia Schizoaffective Major depression and Manic

acknowledge feelings, present reality, set a limit, enforce limit

Question 11

Psychosis of Dementia

Answer 11

damage to brain - cannot learn

acknowledge
redirect
reality orientation

Question 12

Psychotic Delerium

Answer 12

a temporary, sudden, dramatic, episodic secondary loss of reality
a acknowledge
b reassure them