What’s Next
During sitting training, Ricky becomes dizzy and pale with a drop in BP.
What is return patient to supine and monitor for orthostatic hypotension
Which spinal cord tracts detect sensory information
Ascending Tracts
If you ain’t first, you’re _______
Last
Ricky is in bed, yelling and attempting to climb over the rails while pulling at his IV and catheter when there is alot of staff and noise in his room. He does not follow commands and becomes more agitated as multiple staff try to intervene at once.
What is reduce stimulation and secure lines
Name this syndrome:
Excessive flexion injury impairments include motor function, pain, and temperature. The patient still has fine touch, proprioception and vibration sense.
Anterior cord syndrome
I’m all jacked up on _____________.
Mountain Dew
Ricky has improved upper extremity strength but still struggles to move from supine to sitting without violating spinal precautions after his cervical fusion. He becomes frustrated when trying to sit straight up independently.
What is teach log roll technique
Based on this classification how would you grade this patient on the ASIA scale
Majority function is preserved, but majority of key muscles below neurological level have a muscle grade < 3
ASIA C
I like to picture Jesus in a _____________ because it says, like, ‘I want to be formal, but I’m here to party too.’
Tuxedo T-shirt
Ricky (C7 SCI) suddenly reports a pounding headache during therapy. His BP is 200/110, HR is 52, and you note flushing above the level of injury. He is currently lying supine in bed.
What is sit the patient upright immediately and check for noxious stimuli
Hemisection of spinal cord this can be caused by penetration/ gunshot wounds and causes ipsilateral paralysis and sensory loss and contralateral loss of pain and temperature below level of injury
Brown Sequard Syndrome
Dear _____ pound ______ ounce, Newborn Infant Jesus… don’t even know a word yet… just a little infant… so cuddly, but still omnipotent.
8 pound 6 ounce