Patient Behaviors-RLA Levels
Poor attention span, aggressive behavior, and uncooperative
What is level IV?
PTA explains everything they are doing in a normal to louder tone of voice
What is treatment of low level RLA (I-III)
Patient has difficulty finding the words they want to say.
Broca's aphasia
eye opening, motor response, verbal response
What are the 3 categories of the Glascow Coma Scale?
A patient shouts and becomes angry when asked to stand.
What is a level IV?
No response to pain or stimuli
What is level I?
PTA interventions are performed in a quiet and calm space
Patient has swelling and pain and limited ROM in their hip.
What is Heterotopic Ossificans?
Score of 13 or higher
What is a mild TBI?
A patient can brush their teeth when cued, but forgets to do so on their own.
What is level VI or VII?
brief periods of attention; not oriented to person, place or time; can become agitated with lack of structure
What is level V?
PTA orients the patient
What is Low-Level and Mid-Level RLA?
The patient is unable to focus on an activity for a period of time.
What are attention deficits?
What is a severe TBI?
The patient uses toothpaste as hair gel until corrected by the PTA.
What is level V?
What is level VII
Main focus of treatment is to wake the patient up through positioning and PT interventions
What is low-level RLA?
Patient is demonstrating increased flexor tone of the upper extremities and increased extensor tone of the lower extremities.
What is decorticate posture?
Score of 9-12
What is a moderate TBI?
What is level III?
Inconsistently oriented to person, time, and place; consistently follows simple directions; able to relearn familiar tasks
What is level VI
Incorporate dual-task activities into treatment
What is high-level RLA?
The patient is demonstrating increased HR, RR, and BP with sweating and increased tone.
What is Paroxysmal Sympathetic Hyperactivity/Dysautonomia/Storming?
Score of 3-4
These patients often do not survive.
Patient is able to recall person, place and time 3 out of 7 days of the week.
What is level VI?