Safety and grading Flashcards
WHAT IS A RED FLAG
A SIGN OR SYMPTOM THAT INDICATES POSSIBLE OR PROBABLE PRESENCE OF A SERIOUS MEDICAL CONDITION THAT CAN CAUSE IRREVISIBLE DISABILITY OR UNTIM,ELY DEATH UNLESS MANAGED PROPERLY
LIST 6 RED FLAGS
ONSET OF A NEW COMPLAINT UNDER 20 OR OVER 50
BILATERAL NEUROLOGICAL SYMPTOMS
NEUROLOGICAL SYMPTOMS OVER MORE THAN 1 DERMATOME
SOB
CHANGE IN URINARY FUNCTION
PERSISTENT NIGHT PAIN
WHAT IS AN ABSOLUTE CONTRAINDICATION
A SYMPTOM OR CONDITION THAT MAKES A TREATMENT INADVISABLE
LIST 6 ABSOLUTE CONTRAINDICIAITON
WEAK BONE
PAIN OR EXCESSIVE TISSUE FEEDBACK
VASCULAR INSUFFICIENCY (PARTICULAR IN THE NECK)
LACK OF WORKING DX
LACK OF CONSENT
PROGRESSIVE NEURO DISFUNCTION
WHAT IS A RELATIVE CONTRAINDICATION
A SYMPTOM OR CONDIDITION THAT SHOULD BE TREATED WITH CAUTION AND UNDERGO A RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS
LIST 6 RELATIVE CONTRAINDICATIONS
PREVIOUS HX OF MALIGNANCY
SEVERE SCOLIOSIS
VERTIGO
RECENT TREATMENT BY ANOTHER PRACTITIONER
ADVERSE REACTION TO TREATMENT
CALCIFICATION OF THE AORTA
WHAT IS AN ADVERSE REACTION TO TREATMENT
SOMETHING THAT IVER 1/2 OF NEW PATIENTS EXPERIENCE (MINOR)
THEY WILL OCCUR 24 HOURS AFTER THE TREATMENT AND RESOLVE BY 72 HOURS AFTER
OFTEN OCCUR FROM OVER TREATMENT
LIST THE 4 MINOR ADVERSE REACTIONS TO TREATMENT
MUSCLE PAIN
JOINT STIFFNESS
TIREDNESS
HEADACHE
LIST THE 5 MAJOR ADVERSE REACTIONS TO TREATMENT
DISC HERNIATION
CAUDA EQUINA
FRACTURE
JOINT SPRAIN
STROKE
WHAT ARE THE THREAPUTIC BENEFITS OF TREATMENT
REDUCE PAIN
PROMOTE MOBILITY AND MOVEMENT
PROMOTE TISSUE HEALING AND COLLAGEN REMODELLING VIA MECHANOTRANSDUCTION
PROMOTE FLUID DRAINAGE
WHAT IS TART
TENDERNESS
ASSYMETERY
ROM
TISSUE TEXTURE CHANGE
WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THE SYSTEMATIC EVAL OF SKIN
TEMP AND MOBILITY
THICKNESS AND VITALITY
TEXTURE AND SKIN DRAG
HOW DO YOU GRADE PULSES
0 - ABSENT
1 - WEAK OR DIMISHED
2 - BRISK OR NORMAL
3 - BOUNDING
HOW DO YOU GRADE RIT AND MYOTOMES
5 - NORMAL = COMPLETE ROM AGAINST GRAVITY W/ FULL RESISTANCE
4 - GOOD = COMPLETE ROM AGAINST GRAVITY W/ SOME RESISTANCE
3 - FAIR = COMPLETE ROM AGAINST GRAVITY W/ NO RESISTANCE
2 - POOR = COMPLETE ROM W/ SOME ASSISTANC EGRAVITY ELIMINATED
1 - EVIDENCE OF SLIGHT MUSCULAR CONTRACTION
0 - NO EVIDENCE OF MUSCULAR CONTRACTION
HOW DO YOU GRADE REFLEXES
0 - ABSENT
1 - DIMISHED
2 - NORMAL
3 - HYPERACTIVE WITHOUT CLONUS
4 - HYPERACTIVE WITH CLONUS