Patient Handling - Bed Mobility Flashcards
What is patient handling?
refers to the techniques and practices used by healthcare to safely and effectively move, transfer, reposition, or support patients during various therapeutic activities
What does patient handling involve the use of?
proper body mechanics, equipment, and training to ensure safe and comfortable patient care
What is the GOAL of proper patient handling?
minimize the risk of injury to both the patient and the healthcare provider while facilitating the patient’s mobility and rehabilitation
What model is patient handling rooted in?
Bobath’s Neurodevelopment Treatment (NDT)
What are therapeutic patient handling techniques used for?
to influence the quality of motor response
Handling matches the _____ __________ to use sensory information to adapt movement
patient’s abilities
How do we facilitate and inhibit unwanted movements?
through manual and verbal cues
What are key points of control?
parts of the body that are optimal for control and facilitation or inhibition of movement
What is the goal for therapeutic patient handling using the key points of control?
facilitate efficient and effective postural control and movement
Where do we begin with patient handling?
- know your patient
- assess and prepare your environment
- ask the patient to assist with the movemnt
How can we encourage the patient to assist with movement?
- encourage use of the hemiplegic side
- encourage attention to hemiplegic limbs
- prevent “learned nonuse”
What are intervention goals?
- facilitate proximal stability of the trunk for distal controlled mobility of the extremities
- improve voluntary control and coordination of muscles both within and among patterns
Where you place your ____ MATTERS
hands
What matters about our touch and force?
location of touch, direction of force, and amount of force matters
What can we use to achieve motor performance?
sensory inputs
How can we have manual contact of the muscle you want to facilitate?
- tapping
- stroking
- vibraiton
- quick stretch
Think _____ , ______ hand approach - NOT HARD GRIP
soft and open
What should we prepare for bed mobility?
- bed height, bed rails, bed alarms
- attention to line and tubes
- draping
What should we initally ask the patient when evaluating bed mobility?
perform skills without our intervention
WHAT CAN THEY DO ON THEIR OWN?
What can we observe about movement strategy?
does it differ from one side other the other?
When you give a patient a physical or verbal cue during an evaluation you have performed an intervention and …?
influenced their performance!
What is A as a GG code?
rolle left and right
What is B as a GG code?
sit to lying
What is C as a GG code?
lying to sitting on side of bed
What is 06 score for mobility?
independent
What is 05 score for mobility?
set-up or clean up assistance
What is 04 score for mobility?
supervision or touching assistance
What is 03 score for mobility?
partial/moderate assistance
- helped does less than half the effort
What is 02 score for mobility?
substantial/max effort
- helper does more than half the effort
What is score 01 for mobility?
dependent
What is hooklying?
- feet flat and weight bearing on the supporting surface
- functional position for rolling, bridging and scooting
What motions does hooklying require?
hip and knee flexion with sight ankle PF mobility
What movements can occur from hooklying?
- bridging
- scooting
- lower trunk rotation (LTR)