Wheelchair Safety
Wheelchairs are used to transport patients who cannot what?
What is walk?
What is TRUE?
Used for those patients who cannot sit up in a ______
Reasons for side rails and or safety belts should be clear stated where?
What are medical records?
BONUS ANSWER:
What is ask the physician or head nurse?
Name one step in the guideline "prepare the wheelchair"
What is...
Step 1: Inspect it
Step 2: Lock Wheels
Step 3: Move footrests to side
Healthcare workers should raise the bed ________ in a horizontal position for certain procedures.
What is high?
BONUS ANSWER: LESS STRAIN
Side rails should remain _________ when transporting a patient.
What is up?
Gait belts are used over the patient ___________.
What are clothes?
OBRA stands for what?
What is the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act?
What is the second guideline to wheelchair safety?
What is "position the patient"?
Before leaving a patient be sure that side rails are secure and __________.
What is sturdy?
At minimum how many healthcare workers should be used when transporting a patient?
What is 2?
BONUS ANSWER:
What is the head?
When placing the transfer belt around the waist of the patient always wrap the excess material around your dominate what?
What is hand?
Side rails and straps should be used under the direction of any nurse.
What is FALSE?
Before transporting a patient, healthcare workers should lock the wheels.
What is false?
BONUS ANSWER:
Healthcare workers should lock the wheels before transferring the patient.
Wheels should be locked except when the bed is being _____________.
What is being transported?
Healthcare worker should never leave a patient alone on a stretcher.
What is TRUE?
Never use a gait belt if the patient does not have the ability to stand or bear ___________.
What is weight?
Side rails and safety straps can be considered restraints due to preventing a patient from moving ________
What is freely?
When going down a ramp healthcare workers should gentle pull the wheelchair in which direction?
Name one risk factor that can be presented by side rails.
Strangulation
Entrapment
Bruises
Cuts
Isolation
Be sure to keep patient _______ and ______ clear of the side rails when transporting.
What are arms and legs?
When transferring a patient from the left or the right healthcare workers should always use other gestures such as what?
What are head gestures?
BONUS ANSWER:
What is around the back or on the back?
What is the Nursing Home Reform Act?