Examination & Evaluation
This may be best used to help indicate pain in patients with language barriers
What is the visual analog scale?
You instruct your patient to do a prone push up, what type of exercise did you ask them to do?
What is a closed kinetic chain exercise?
Talking in a way that infantizes the elderly.
Give an example
What is elderspeak?
"sweetie" "sugarplum" "that's ok sweet boy"
This type of graft is obtained from a different species
What is a xenograft?
A patient is being prescribed movement therapy along with sensory stimulation techniques. What type of interventions are being provided?
What is neurophysiologic approach or neurologic interventions?
This screen is done from 0-6 yrs and test the childs ability to perform certain tasks. It focuses on social, fine motor, language, and gross motor skills
What is the Denver Development Screening Test
This is implemented to promote patient carryover towards goals, maintain therapeutic gains, increase strength and overall functionality.
What is the home exercise program?
Name 3 age-related changes in the geriatric population.
What is....stiffer cartilage, bone mass and density loss, decreased RBC production, postural changes, decrease muscular endurance, bradykinesia, rapid fatigue, vital sign monitoring
List 3 things that may be included in the assessment of a wound.
What is the...size, shape, length, width, location, skin changes, color, drainage, tissue color, temperature, smell?
Name 3 things that can be observed during a gait examination.
What is...disruptions in gait cycle/gait deviations, AD use, orthotic or prosthetic, wearing down pattern of footwear, balance, amount of assistance required, varying surfaces
Shortness of breath
What is dyspnea?
In the POC, the supervising PT has put an intervention to remodel scar tissure, reduce inflammation, and speed up the healing of a soft-tissue injury. What category of intervention is this and provide an example.
What is a Physical Agent/Modality?
Thermotherapy-US, diathermy
Hydrotherapy-MHP, whirlpool, hubbard, aquatics
Cryotherapy- CP, vapocoolant, contrast bath
Estim
This may be performed in an assisted living facility where the patient resides to ensure there is no risk to the patient.
What is an environmental examination?
This kind of skin change and drainage indicate infection.
What is black skin around the wound and yellow, thicker drainage?
Percussion, vibration and shaking are what kinds of techniques
These measurements give information about length, girth, and volume
What is anthropometrics?
List 3 exercise parameters in the HEP and their definitions.
Type of activity-what exercise to be performed
Intensity-difficulty of exercise
Frequency-how often to perform the exercise
duration-the time period the exercise is necessary
Repetitions-how many times to perform exercise within a set
Sets-how many times to perform the repetitions
What are common problems, dysfunction, or impairments within this population?
What are immobility, fractures (from falls), and cognitive impairments?
What are the levels of tissue damage in each degree of burn?
Superficial-epidermis
Deep partial thickness- epidermis and dermis
Full thickness- epidermis, dermis and hypodermis
Subdermis- all dermal layers, down to muscle/tendon/lig
Name and describe the 3 phases of Cardiac Rehab.
What is...
Phase 1-Inpatient service-pt education, functional activity basis (bed mobility, exercises preventiong DVT, transfers and gait training) clinician vital sign monitoring
Phase 2-Outpatient Service-pt education, treadmill/stationary bike, patient(self)vital sign monitoring
Phase 3- Community based program-continue at fitness and nutrition program
This healthcare team member assists with arranging for further rehab service post hospital discharge, provide support for coping with prolonged illnesses, advise caregivers and counsel patients.
Who is a social worker?
Describe what an isotonic exercise is. BE THOROUGH!
What is a strengthening exercise that develops tension in the muscle through dynamic concentric or eccentric muscle contractions.
Concentric- muscle shortens when it contracts
Eccentric-muscle lengthens when it contracts
These 3 types of examinations(interventions) are commonly performed on a geriatric patient.
What are musculoskeletal, neurological, and cardiopulmonary?
An adult suffers burns to their entire anterior trunk, head, and the posterior aspect of the LUE. What percentage of their body is burned?
What is 31.5%
Ant trunk=18%
Head=9%
Post. LUE= 4.5%
During the chart review, you read the patients MD diagnosis, chief complaint, onset of primary problem and mechanism of injury, past medical history, and various pieces of personal information. What did you review?
What is the examination?