SCI level Identification

Question 1

what spinal injury levels will patients be dependent with all dressing and bathing, and need assistive device for verbal communication

Answer 1

C3 and above

Question 2

What spinal injury levels will patients be dependent for all bathing and dressing, but independent with verbal communication

Answer 2

C4-C5

Question 3

What spinal cord injury levels will patients need assistive devices for keyboarding, writing, and use of telephone?

Answer 3

C1-c8

Question 4

What SCI level will patients be independent w/ assistive device in bed

Minimal assistance w/ lower body dressing

Independent w/ upper body dressing

And independent w/ assistive device with upper body bathing

Answer 4

C7

Question 5

At what SCI level will a patient be able to use a wheelchair, change clothes in their wheelchair, need moderate assistance for drying lower body after bathing but fully independent drying upper body

Answer 5

C8

Question 6

At what level will set up be required for assistive devices to help SCI patients use keyboard/ writing/ use of telephone

Pt will need minimal assistance drying and bathing upper body

Minimal assistance with upperbody dressing in bed

Moderate assistance with lower body changing in bed

Answer 6

C6

Question 7

At what spinal cord injury level will patients be independent w/ dressing with use of assistive device and independent with bathing w/ use of assistive device

Independent w/ communication

Answer 7

T1 (their arms are fine)