Quiz #4 Chapters 7 Flashcards
What are the two main crutch types?
Axillary crutch
Forearm crutch
What is used for patient who require assistance in walking as a result of disease, injury, or birth defects of the lower extremities?
Crutches
What word means walking?
Ambulation
What is designed to support a part of the body and hold it in it correct position to allow for functioning of the body part while healing?
Brace
True or False: a fiberglass cast usually dries within 30 minutes?
True
Excessive heat or cold could result in _______ damage?
Tissue
Walkers are used most often:
A) during the healing process for patients who have had a knee or hip surgery.
B) by geriatric patients with a weakness or balance problems.
C) by hospital patients.
B) by geriatric patients with a weakness or balance problems.
What is the suppuration?
The process of pus formation.
How many weeks are required for the complete healing of a fracture?
4-6 weeks
What conditions can be treated with the application of heat and cold?
Infection and trauma
Direct immersion of a body part in water or a medicated solution is called?
Hot soak
What is a rigid removable device used to support and immobilize a displaced or fractured part of the body?
Splint
_____ is reddening of the skin caused by dilation of superficial blood vessels in the skin?
Erythema
True or False: an exudate is a discharge produced by the body’s tissues?
True
A sprain is a/an_______?
Trauma to a joint that causes injury to the ligaments.
A strain is a /an______?
Overstretching of a muscle caused by trauma.
What type of physician specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the musculoskeletal system?
Orthopedist
What side of the body is a cane held on?
The side opposite of the side that needs the support.
_____is used to promote tissue healing for patients with a disability as a result of injury, disease, and loss of a body part?
Physical agents
How long should common heat and cold applications be applied for?
15-30 minutes
What type of heat pack should be left on NO longer than 30-60 minutes?
Chemical hot pack
Soaking solution for a hot soak should be NO warmer than how many degrees?
105-110 degrees
______converts electrical energy into heat?
Heating pad
True or False: A pressure ulcer is a skin break down that begins with a red patch of skin?
True
True or False: Crutches function by removing weight from the legs and transferring it to the arms.
True
The type of heat or cold application depends only on the purpose of the application.
False
The three point gait is used by someone who cannot bear weight on….?
One leg
Heat and cold can be applied in moist or dry forms. Common applications of dry and moist heat and cold are….?
Dry heat
moist heat
dry cold
moist cold
True or False: the process of pus formation is suppuration.
True
How many weeks are usually required for a complete healing of a fracture?
4-6 weeks
True or False: the purpose of a cast is to immobilize a body part i.e. a fracture.
True
What is the sleeve like material that is applied before the cast?
A stockinette
By applying_______to the body nutrients and oxygen are provided to the cells at a faster rate! and wastes are are carried away faster.
Heat
The retention of fluid in the tissues, resulting in swelling is?
Edema
