Wheelchair Parts & Management
This part of the wheelchair prevents the chair from falling over
Anti-tippers
This is the ability to name an object without looking at it
Stereognosis
When working with a patient who is a high fall risk, what are important measures to be taken?
Don non-slip socks
Don a gait belt
If using a wheelchair, fasten the seatbelt
Describe what emotional intelligence is.
Ability to recognize and understand one's own and others' emotions, to distinguish between different emotional states, and to use this insight to guide decision-making and behavior.
David went to Occupational Therapy School at
Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU)
This professional can assist in ensuring a wheelchair fits a user properly and meets their specific needs
Occupational Therapist. Duh
This is the ability to sense the direction of joint movement, otherwise known as movement awareness
Kinesthesia
Identify the posterior hip precautions.
No hip flexion greater than 90 degrees, no adduction, no internal rotation
What is the first step of the occupational therapy process?
Identify the goal of therapy.
David’s birthday is on
July 19th
This kind of wheelchair is needed for an individual who has posterior hip precautions
Reclining wheelchair
This sensory system is most often used to compensate for other sensory deficits
Vision / Visual system
When you see a TLSO in a patient's room, what are the 3 primary precautions you automatically think of?
No bending, lifting, twisting (BLT)
Regarding section GG, what would you score feeding for a patient who uses adaptive utensils without assistance?
6: Independent
David’s two favorite sports are
basketball and baseball
The wheelchair should be positioned at this angle for a stand pivot transfer
90 degrees
This is a person’s sensitivity to sensory stimulation; considered a patient factor in occupational therapy
Sensibility
“Keep Your Move in the Tube” refers to which precaution?
Sternal precautions
When modifying the height of a walker, what is the best height to position the walker for a patient before mobilizing?
At the patient's wrists
David’s daughter’s name is
Lucy
Name at least 7 parts of a wheelchair
Bilateral foot plates, leg rests, arm rests, brakes, cushion, anti-tippers, seat belt
Sensory evaluation findings are often summarized as intact, ____, and _____
Impaired and absent
Identify and list the WB precautions from least to the greatest amount of WB.
NWB, TTWB, PWB, WBAT, FWB
Regarding section GG, what would you score toileting for a patient who needs cues for hand placement or technique?
4: Supervision or touching assistance
Figure out and explain why David is sad today
It is our last class together and he is proud of everyone’s journey throughout this semester and will miss all of us :(