Potent Potables
Let's Get Physical (PT)
Looking Fine (OT)
It's All In Your Head (ST)
Ouch It Hurts!
100
Using this device helps prevent lung deflation, or atelectasis.
What is a spirometer?
100
This structure in the knee, also known as a shock absorber, is frequently damaged in athletes or elderly patients.
What is the meniscus?
100
Your patient is wearing this type of brace immediately following C2 surgery.
What is a Halo brace? For high cervical stability.
100
80% of stroke etiologies are ischemic. The other remaining 20% fall into this category.
What is hemorrhagic stroke?
100
This type of pain category commonly occurs in patients after an amputation.
What is neuropathic or nerve related pain?
200
Heparin or lovenox are blood thinners used to help prevent this common condition in rehab patients.
What is a DVT or deep vein thrombosis?
200
In this screening mobility test, the patient stands up from a chair, and walks 3m meters before returning & sitting.
What is the TUG (Timed Up & Go Test) test?
200
Your 82 y/o male diabetic patient complains of this condition where he feels the sensation of locking or catching when he uses his digits.
What is trigger finger AKA stenosing tenosynovitis?
200
In this type of swallow test performed by SLPs, there is no exposure to radiation while using an endoscopic camera.
What is a FEES test? (Fiberoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing)
200
This pain medication in this list does NOT cause drowsiness as a side effect:
Percocet, Neurontin, Naproxen, Tylenol #3.
What is naproxen (an NSAID)?
300
You are working with a T5 SCI patient who suddenly develops headaches and BP of 160. This emergent condition should never be missed and can be caused by multiple triggers.
What is Autonomic Dysreflexia or AD?
300
This brace for scoliosis shares its name with a local Wisconsin town
Milwaukee brace - for scoliosis of cervical or high thoracic alignment, with chin rest
300
This rotator cuff muscle is primarily responsible for the following motion: (SEE MODEL)
What is the supraspinatus?
300
In this type of stroke-like event, a patient may experience temporary symptoms that last < 24 hours.
What is a TIA or Transient Ischemic Attack?
300
Acetylcholine is this TYPE of pain neurotransmitter.
What is excitatory?
400
This type of neurodegenerative disorder can manifest with the following gait abnormality: (SEE MODEL)
What is Parkinson's Disease? Gait is shuffling gait or festinating gait.
400
This type of gait signifies weakness in which muscles. (VIDEO / DEMO)
What is gluteus medius / minimus?
Due to Tredelenburg gait.
400
Active movement of these 2 upper extremity muscle groups help predict arm function prognosis Post-Stroke, (also known as the SAFE score)
What is Shoulder Abduction + Finger Extension?
400
In this type of aphasia, the patient is fluent, but cannot comprehend or repeat.
What is Wernicke's aphasia?
400
A spine facet joint injection is commonly used as a trial prior to this more permanent minimally invasive procedure.
What is RFA, or radiofrequency ablation?
500
Your new eval patient is severely deconditioned and has been in bed for months. The systolic blood pressure should drop by this number for the patient to fit true orthostatic criteria.
What is > 20mm Hg SBP or 10 mm Hg DBP (or > 30 HR)? - per textbook orthostatic critera.
500
Patient after this type of amputation, would wear this kind of prosthesis.
What is a hip disarticulation?
500
You are treating a 20 y/o athlete in clinic. Damage to this nerve causes his scapula to cause winging medially.
What is the long thoracic nerve? (That innervates serratus anterior)
500
In this type of stroke syndrome, your new patient suffers from constricted pupils, ipsilateral ataxia, and contralateral hypoalgesia.
What is Wallenburg Syndrome (or lateral medullary syndrome)?
500
The doctor has to convert a patient's fentanyl dose to oxycodone. They use the MME conversion calculator to find the equivalence of all the patient's doses into this common opioid baseline medication.
What is morphine? (MME - Morphine Milligram Equivalent)