Questions that I need to know Flashcards
Always ask for consent
What is the AOx4 questions
- Name and Date of Birth
- place- where are we today? (what city and what hospital)
- situation- why are you here?
- Month and the year
Assist Levels
Independent – The patient can perform a transfer without any type of verbal or manual assistance.
Modified Independent – The patient may require verbal cues or uses assistive equipment or adaptive equipment (bed rail, grab bars, transfer board, furniture).
Assisted – The patient requires assistance from another person to perform the activity safely in an acceptable time frame; physical assistance, verbal or tactile cues, directions, or instructions may be used.
Standby (Supervision) Assistance – The patient requires verbal or tactile cues, directions, or instructions from another person positioned close to, but not touching, the patient to perform the activity safely and in an acceptable time frame; the assistant may provide protection in case the patient’s safety is threatened.
Contact Guarding – The caregiver is positioned close to the patient with his or her hands on the patient or a gait belt; it is very likely the patient will require protection during the performance of the activity.
Minimal Assistance – The patient performs ≥75% of the activity; assistance is required to complete the activity.
Moderate Assistance – The patient performs 50%–74% of the activity; assistance is required to complete the activity.
Maximal Assistance – The patient performs 25%–49% of the activity; assistance is required to complete the activity.
Dependent – The patient requires total physical assistance from one or more persons to accomplish the activity safely; special equipment or devices may be used.
In acute care how often do we do hip replacements
twice a day
PT frequency days a week
Everyone is 3-6 days a week unless it is a post op or stroke. Post op and stroke is 5-7 days a week. Joint replacement is twice a day monday- fri and once a day saturday and sunday.
Remember post op does include cabbage as well.
How to fit someone to a walker?
You use the crease of the patients wrist to line up the walker
CabbX4 mean what?
Four bypass grafts
Chronic venous insufficiency causes what
Venous statis like leg swelling and varicose veins
Ther x =
Therapeutic exercise this includes seated marches, mini squats, ankle pumps, things of that nature
Ther act
This includes bed mobility, transfers, toilet transfers, stood and pulled pants up.
Therapeutic gait training
This is when we walk with the patient
How is ther x, act, and gait training billed compared to evals
Evals are always the same while the other is billed in units using the rule of 8.
In ARU how much therapy will the patient get no matter what?
3 hours of therapies a day and this includes speech, OT, All of it.
oxygen at baseline
This means that the patient was on oxygen prior to when they came in
What does semi fowlers mean
45 degree angle sitting in bed
Bed positions
Telemetry
Means they are hooked up to the monitor or are being remote monitored.
