Hands
Your patient has lost the ability to grasp and cannot flex her fingers at all. She still has gross control of the wrist and forearm. You anticipate a long recovery time, but your patient is asking about adaptive equipment that they can use to allow them to engage in tasks such as eating and brushing teeth right now. What piece of adaptive equipment might you suggest to allow your pt compensate for their inability to grasp?
What is the universal cuff?
At what age do most babies begin walking (average, the answer is between x month and x month)?
What is between 11-12 months?
This activity measure is utilized by many hospitals to assess activity limitations based on the WHO's International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health. It breaks down a patient's function into Activities and participation, cognition, bodily functions, and movement
What is the Activity Measure of Post-ACute Care (aka AMPAC)?
Patient is on dobutamine, diluadid, and levophed? Hold or appropriate?
Hold. Two vasopressors.
How many beds does TH Muskegon have? (the number of beds, not number of staffed beds)
What is 358 beds?
What is the muscle that aids in wrist flexion and is considered the most variable muscle in a human body as some of your patients may not even have it. (hint: flex your wrist and put your pinky and thumb together to find your answer)
What is the palmaris longus?
This primitive reflex in newborns involves a baby curving their body towards the side that is stroked along their lower back, typically between the shoulder and buttocks. It is used to help guide the infant through the birth canal.
What is the spinal galant reflex?
This is brief, 7-minute assessment tool is intended to look at a pt's functional cognition and medication management skills.
What is the medi-cog?
Patient has a swan ganz.
Appropriate.
What year was the city of Muskegon established? (not the village, closed answer wins, tie splits the points)
What is 1869?
The asymmetric tonic neck reflex (ATNR) integrates in a normally developed child between what two months of age?
What are months 5 and 7?
Using the FUEL levels for patients post stroke, what level is this patient at:
Your patient is able to grossly grasp and stabilize items when completing functional tasks, however their release is still uncoordinated. At this time, they can flex and extend isolated fingers slightly however fine motor function has not yet developed. You may observe them stabilize or hold a deodorant bottle with their affected limb and remove the cap with their unaffected limb.
What is Gross assist?
Temperature of 100.5 degrees.
Hold. (temperature >100.4)
How many hours of continuing education are you required to get every two years as an OT/OTA?
What is "not less than 20 continuing education contact hours approved by the Board earned during the 2 years preceding expiration date of the license"
Your patient has pain, numbness, and tingling along the ulnar side of the arm and the 4th and 5th digits of the hand. What nerve would you suspect is impacted?
What is the ulnar nerve?
What reflex is a healthcare provider doing when they support a baby's head and lower it rapidly. A normal response involves the baby extending their arms and legs outward, followed by bringing them back in, often with a startled expression or crying
What is the Moro reflex?
What is a functional assessment tool designed to measure the functional independence of individuals with spinal cord injuries (SCI) in their daily lives and mobility. This assessment evaluates performance in activities of daily living and is valuable for setting treatment goals, tracking progress, and guiding discharge planning
What is the Spinal Cord Independence Measure (SCIM)?
INR of 6
Hold (>5 - unless given clearance by provider d/t bleed risk)
When was the michigan irish festival founded?
What is 2000?
Name one muscle of the anatomic snuffbox.
What is the abductor pollicis longus, extensor pollicis brevis, and extensor pollicis longus?
When do you expect babies to start to bring hands to mouth?
What is a postural assessment for patients in the first three months post stroke that is designed to assess and monitor postural control post stroke?
Pt has a BP of 220/130
Hold. BP greater than 200/110
How many OT orthos do we have today?
What is 6?