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"DME"
ELDERLY CARE
MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION
SCOPE OF PRATICE
VARIETY
100

This item keeps the bedding off of the client while in bed.

What is  the purpose of a Footboard?

100

A PCA must watch for falls in an Elderly person because this system is more brittle.

What is the Skeletal System (bones)?

100
Silence.
What is a facilitator?
100
Type of disability that lasts forever.
What is permanent?
100

The following are all COC's that must be reported for a client who has _____________ problems. 

•COUGHING DURING & AFTER MEALS

•CHOKING DURING MEALS

•GURGLING SOUND IN VOICE DURING OR AFTER MEALS OR LOSS OF VOICE

•DRIBBLING SALIVA, FOOD, OR FLUID FROM MOUTH


What are "COC's" that must be reported for a client who is having swallowing problems?

200

This item helps the client sit up in bed comfortably.

What is the purpose of a Backrest?

200

A PCA needs to wear ¼ inch, non-acrylic nails, practice good handwashing skills and Standard Precautions when caring for the Elderly because this system can not fight off bacteria as well.

Why do PCA's  have to protect the elderlys' Immune System when giving care?

200
Offering advice.
What is a blocker?
200
A reaction to disability which looks like sadness.
What is depression?
200

The following COC's need to be reported for a client who has a problem   with a ____________________.

•REDNESS OR DRAINAGE AROUND THE OPENING

•SKIN SORES OR BRUISES

•CYANOTIC (BLUE) SKIN

-DIARRHEA

-VOMITING

-TUBE FALLS OUT

-FEVER

-SWOLLEN  ABDOMEN


What COC’S need to be reported for PEG or FEEDING TUBES?

300

This item prevents the client from falling out of bed.

What is the purpose of a Side rail?

300

Elderly people lack oil glands, hair follicles and a large fat layer in this system as they age.

Why does the Integumentary (skin) system cause the elderly to get cold easily due to a lack of certain features as they age?

300
What the sender sends.
What is the message?
300
The disabled is unable to complete this without help.
What is activities of daily living (ADL)?
300

As long as the client is able to move one hand, he is allowed to use this DME to be mobile in his home and the community, since he  does not require a cane or walker.

What are the requirements for a client to use a power chair?

400

The item protects the client's skin from tearing.

What is the purpose of Sheepskin pads?

400

The brain and spinal cord.

What is the central nervous system?

400
Gestures and facial expressions.
What is non-verbal communication?
400
The affects are permanent when this system is damaged.
What is the central nervous system?
400

The correct order is to perform hand hygiene, put on the gown, mask, goggles and lastly the gloves fitting securely over wrists.

What is the order for donning "PPE"?

500

A client has to have bilateral upper arm strength and use either a cane, walker or crutches to get into this mobile DME device.

What physical requirements are necessary  for a client who wants to use a Scooter Chair?

500
Prolonged pressure on this organ causes this lesion.
What is a decubitus ulcer?
500
Encourages the client to talk about thoughts and feelings.
What is therapeutic communication?
500
The PCA helps the disabled to live in this manner.
What is independently?
500

Remove gown and gloves together and throw in trash, perform hand hygiene, remove goggles and put in trash, remove mask and put in trash and lastly perform thorough hand hygiene.

What is the correct order for doffing "PPE"?