Midterm exam Flashcards
Describe a fall
An event where a person comes to a rest inadvertently on the ground
Describe a restraint
Any method of physical, mechanical or drug that induces immobilization or reduces the ability of the patient to move
What are some indications for immobilization and how often is MD approval required
Patients who pose risk to self or others
Patients who require it in order to render treatment
Need MD approval every 24 hours
What are some restraint risks
Strangulation
Asphyxiation
Pneumonia
Pressure injuries
Urinary incontinence
Constipation
Deconditioning
What are some restraint alternatives
Diversions
Family members
Alarms
What are some restraint guidelines
Slip knots not square knots
Secure but not tight
What are some examples of hippa violations
Providing PHI unnecessarily
Accessing PHI unnecessarily
Not being compliant with medical record access
What is a code red
Fire
What is a code blue
Heart emergency
What is a code orange
hazardous materials spill
What is a code grey
Combative person
What is a code silver
Active shooter
What is a code amber
Child missing
What is a code external triage
External disaster
What is a code internal triage
internal emergency
What would be the diagnosis for a soft shell hemet
Craniectomy / surgeries of the skull
Wounds on the scalp at risk of infection
What would be the diagnosis for a soft collar
Whiplash
Cervical weakness
What are some rigid collars and what do they do
SOMI brace, Miami J
Limit flexion extension (Miami also limits extension)
Describe some max control cervical collars
Minerva - non invasive, cervical fractures, small subluxations
Halo - Invasive, fixed to skull with 4 screws, facet subluxations, dislocations
Describe a TLSO
Scoliotic brace
Describe some thoracic braces
Extension brace
Jewett - restrict flexion
Knight-taylor - rigid posterior frame
Molded - max trunk stability
Describe sacroiliac orthoses
Soft - helps LBP
Rigid - post op fusion, spondylolisthesis
Describe hip abduction orthoses
used for total hip revisions
What are posterior approach hip precautions
No:
internal rotation
adduction
Flexion past 90