Safe Patient Handling & Mobility UPDATED ACTUAL Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
function - Exercise allows you to maintain normal _________.
Developmental factors
Physical issues
Mental health
Lifestyle
Attitudes/values
Fatigue/stress
External (weather, safety) - What affects movement & alignment? (7)
Immobility - _________ risk for major health concerns. It affects major body systems.
paresis - impaired muscle strength & weakness
hemiparesis - weakness of half of the body
paralysis - absence of strength due to nervous impairment
,hemiplegia - paralysis of half of the body
Paraplegia - paralysis from the waist down
Quadriplegia - paralysis of all 4 limbs
hemiparesis - Patient with a cerebrovascular accident (CVA/stroke) & _________
extremities - Quadriplegic patient with paralysis of upper & lower __________
deconditioning - consequence of bedrest
chronic illness
prolonged bedrest due to acute illness - There is an increased risk of deconditioning for patients
experiencing ________ illness & _________ illness
moving the object - Preventing back stress
Put your weight into _________
push
pull - Preventing back stress
_________, DON'T _________
widen legs - Preventing back stress
, _________ for base of support
fall - Preventing back stress
Observe environment for ________ hazards
help - Preventing back stress
Ask for ________
patient handling equipment - Preventing back stress
Use __________ when available
erect - Preventing back stress
________ posture
arms
legs - Preventing back stress
Use long, strong muscles of ________ & _________
"Lift with your _________"
abdominal - Preventing back stress
Questions and CORRECT Answers
function - Exercise allows you to maintain normal _________.
Developmental factors
Physical issues
Mental health
Lifestyle
Attitudes/values
Fatigue/stress
External (weather, safety) - What affects movement & alignment? (7)
Immobility - _________ risk for major health concerns. It affects major body systems.
paresis - impaired muscle strength & weakness
hemiparesis - weakness of half of the body
paralysis - absence of strength due to nervous impairment
,hemiplegia - paralysis of half of the body
Paraplegia - paralysis from the waist down
Quadriplegia - paralysis of all 4 limbs
hemiparesis - Patient with a cerebrovascular accident (CVA/stroke) & _________
extremities - Quadriplegic patient with paralysis of upper & lower __________
deconditioning - consequence of bedrest
chronic illness
prolonged bedrest due to acute illness - There is an increased risk of deconditioning for patients
experiencing ________ illness & _________ illness
moving the object - Preventing back stress
Put your weight into _________
push
pull - Preventing back stress
_________, DON'T _________
widen legs - Preventing back stress
, _________ for base of support
fall - Preventing back stress
Observe environment for ________ hazards
help - Preventing back stress
Ask for ________
patient handling equipment - Preventing back stress
Use __________ when available
erect - Preventing back stress
________ posture
arms
legs - Preventing back stress
Use long, strong muscles of ________ & _________
"Lift with your _________"
abdominal - Preventing back stress
