Move your body
I'm an assistive device used around the patients waist to help them walk.
What is a gait belt?
Laying on your back.
What is supine?
Diet where the patient is allowed nothing by mouth.
What is NPO?
Putting on protective equipment.
What is donning?
Chicken broth would be on this kind of diet.
What is clear liquids?
I'm a lift used for a patient who is unable to assist at all.
What is hoyer lift?
Laying on the abdomen.
What is prone?
Diet that only consists of transparent fluids to help rest the digestive tract.
What is clear fluid diet?
Taking off protective equipment?
What is doffing?
Tuberculosis requires this type of isolation.
What is airborne?
Used to slide patient from bed to stretcher or on to testing area such as xray table.
What is sliding board?
Head of the bed is raised 30-45 degrees to create a semi sitting position.
What is semi fowlers?
Food and drinks that are completely liquid or melt into a liquid at room temperature. Examples include milk, plain ice cream, and sherberts.
What is full liquid diet?
Prevents transmission of disease through large respiratory droplets. Commonly used to protect against the flu, pertussis, and mumps.
What is droplet precautions?
Position where patient is leaning forward, resting their upper body and arms on the bedside table or knees to make breathing easier.
What is orthopneic?
Name one falls intervention
What is yellow, non skid socks, call light in reach, frequent toileting?
Head of bed is raised 60-90 degrees where the patient is in a near vertical position.
Consists of foods that have been smashed into a smooth uniform texture. Primarily used for patients with swallowing issues.
What is puree diet?
Precautions that prevent the spread of germs that float in the air over long distances. Must use a respirator mask and protects against diseases like varicella, TB, and measles.
What is airborne precautions?
Type of diet where carbohydrates are controlled or monitored.
What is diabetic diet?
Name one seizure precaution.
What is padded rails, suction at the bedside
Patient is laying flat on the table or bed and is tilted so the feet and pelvis are higher than the head.
What is trendelenburg?
Consists of pureed foods, but adds ground up or minced meat.
What is mechanical soft?
Prevents the spread of disease through direct or indirect contact. Common diseases MRSA, C-diff, skin and wound infections.
What is contact precautions?
Influenza requires this type of precautions.
What is droplet?