key terms
A pounding or racing of the heart
What is palpitations?
lying flat on the back
What is supine?
helps weak patient to roll from side to side
What is side rail?
movement of certain joints that decreases angle between two adjoining bones
What is flexion?
The PCT is raising the head of the bed to position the patient in Fowler's position. What degree should the head of the bed be raised to?
What is 45-60 degrees?
Formerly referred to as restraints
What are Safety Reminder Devices?
posture assumed by patient when head of bed is raised approximately 30 degrees
What is semi-fowlers?
provides support to body or extremity, elevates body part
What is pillow?
movement of limb away from body
What is abduction?
If a patient needs an SRD what must be obtained before?
What is a physicians order?
Presents a health hazard is used incorrectly in healthcare setting and the community
What is radiation?
patients head is low and the body and legs are on inclined plane
What is Trendelenburg's?
What is wedge pillow?
palm of hand turned down
What is pronation?
The PCT helps ambulate a patient. The patient becomes very weak, reports feeling faint, and begins to fall. What is the appropriate action to take?
What is support her while she is falling and allow them to sit on the floor?
What is contracture?
patient lies supine with hips and knees flexed and thighs abducted and rotated externally
What is lithotomy?
provides support to body contours, immobilizes extremity and maintains specific body alignment
What is sandbag?
to bend or flex backwards
What is dorsiflexion?
It is the patients first night after an abdominal hysterectomy, she has not voided for 9 hours and the PCT is to insert a Foley catheter into her bladder. What patient position allows insertion of the catheter?
What is dorsal recumbent?
Any unexpected occurrence involving death or serious physical or physiological injury
What is sentinel event?
patient kneels so that the weight of the body is supported by the knees and chest with abdomen raised, head turned to one side, and arms flexed
What is knee-chest?
enables patient to raise trunk, enables patient to transfer from bed to wheelchair, allows patient to perform exersizes that strengthen upper arm
What is trapeze bar?
extreme of abnormal extension
What is hyperextension?
The PCT drops a thermometer and it breaks, what should the PCT NOT do?
What is vacuum the spill?