Pulmonary assessment and treatment Flashcards
What does the Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB) measures?
Measures lower extremity function in the elderly population. It has been used as a predictive tool for possible disabilities.
A patient is been discharged from the hospital. Which professional will be the most appropriate to assist with organizing placement (hostel or nursing home)?
Social worker
What does The de Morton Mobility Index (DEMMI) measure?
Changes in the mobility of the elderly population across different settings.
What is the DEMMI?
The de Morton Mobility Index
Mention the 5 most common walking aids
- Rollator (Forearm Support Frame FASF)
- Hopper Frame (Pick Up Fram PUF)
- Wheeled frame
- Crutches
- Walking sticks
What do the ISWT measures?
Exercise capacity in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), is employed as an outcome measure for pulmonary rehabilitation.
What is the name of the test?
“The patient is required to walk around two cones set 9 metres apart (so the final track is 10 metres) in time to a set of auditory beeps played on a CD.”
Incremental Shuttle Walking Test (ISWT)
What does Barthel Scale/Index (BI) measures?
Measure performance in activities of daily living (ADL)
What is 6MWT?
6 minutes walking test
What does the ABCDE rule stand for?
A - Airway B - Breathing C - Circulation D - Disability E - Exposure
Safety
Prior to mobilization, what should you ask the patient?
Hint: lower limb
Ask about pins and needles, tingling, numbness or heaviness of their legs.
What does the 6MWT measure?
Functional capacity based on aerobic capacity and endurance.
Order these levels of independence from the less dependent to the more dependent
Requires minimal physical assistance x 1
Unable to perform even with maximal assistance
Requires verbal cueing
Requires physical assistance x 2
Requires supervision
Requires moderate physical assistance x 1
Independent
Independent
Requires supervision
Requires verbal cueing
Requires minimal physical assistance x 1
Requires moderate physical assistance x 1
Requires physical assistance x 2
Unable to perform even with maximal assistance
What are the 5 minimum requirements for documentation to include in an assessment? (Focused on independency and physical capacity)
- Type of activity that the patient is able to perform
- Level of assistance
- Type of assistance (physical, verbal)
- Weight bearing status if relevant
- Equipment required
What measure would you take to prevent orthostatic complications before sitting/standing a patient?
Encourage the patient to move his ankles
Make some slow deep breath
Ask for any symptoms of orthostatic intolerance
What are S.M.A.R.T goals?
Specific Measurable Achievable Relevant Time-Bound
What is the ISWT?
Incremental shuttle walking test
What is the SPPB?
Short Physical Performance Battery
What does the Berg balance scale (BBS) measures?
The Berg Balance Scale (BBS) is used to objectively determine a patient’s ability (or inability) to safely balance during a series of predetermined tasks
What do you have to ask on a hospitalized child during the respiratory assessment? (4)
Timing of last feed
How is the child being fed (Oral, NG or IV)
How well the infant tolerates handling
How long the child takes o recover from the handling episode
Clinical signs of respiratory distress in children (7)
Recession (intercostal, subcostal, sternal) Nasal flaring Tachypnoea Expiratory grunting Stridor Cyanosis Abnormal breath sounds
It occurs when high negative intrathoracic pressure during inspiration pulls the soft, compliant chest wall inward.
Recession
Sign of increased respiratory effort that you can appreciate on the chest wall.
Recession
Three types of muscle recession in infants
intercostal - subcostal - esternal
Is a dilatation of the nostrils by the
dilatores naris muscles and is a sign of respiratory
distress in the infant.
Nasal Flaring
What is a RR >60 breaths/ min on infants
Tachypnea
Tachypnea in infants is a respiratory rate above
60 breaths per minute
Sounds that is heard in the presence of a narrowing of the upper trachea and/or larynx
Stridor
Definition
Bluish colour of the skin and mucous membranes caused by hypoxaemia
Cyanosis
Normal value of pH
7.35-7.45
Normal value of PaCO2 on an Arterial Blood Gas Analysis (ABG)
35-45 mmHg
Normal value of HCO3 on an Arterial Blood Gas Analysis (ABG)
22-26