Anatomy
A part of the body that acts like a road and carries and receives information from other parts of the body to the brain.
What is the spinal cord?
These are caused by a lack of blood flow to the skin due to poor sensation and movement.
What is a pressure sore?
How often you should perform pressure relief when seated in a wheelchair.
What is every 30 minutes?
Beverage that helps regulate the boy's temperature and digestion of food, and should be your number 1 choice.
What is water?
CIC is an abbreviation for this part of bowel and bladder management.
What is clean intermittent cathing?
Part of the spinal cord that controls the lower back and legs.
What is lumbar?
Symptoms of this complication include swelling, warmth or pain in an arm or leg.
What is a DVT or blood clot?
A force contributing to skin breakdown caused by dragging your skin across a surface.
What is friction?
Increasing your intake of this is important if you have a pressure sore.
What is protein?
Adequate fluid intake and keeping cath volumes under 500cc is important to prevent what type of infection.
What is UTI?
Part of the spinal cord that controls hand and arm sensation and function.
What is cervical?
Occurs when something irritating is going on somewhere in the body below the level of spinal cord injury.
What is autonomic dysreflexia?
Stage of pressure sore that can occur in as little as two hours.
What is Stage 1?
Cheese, milk, yogurt and ice cream are high in this nutrient.
What is calcium?
The goal of this program is to to establish a regular pattern of bowel movements and to prevent accidents and/or other complications associated with irregular bowel movements.
What is a bowel program?
ASIA level that means complete spinal cord injury.
What is ASIA A?
Autonomic dysreflexia typically occurs in individuals with injuries at or above this level.
What is T6?
Two signs of pressure sore developing.
What are redness, swelling, heat and/or pain? (Any combination of two counts)
This nutrient helps promote normal bowel function, preventing constipation and diarrhea. It can be found in foods such as whole grain breads, fresh fruits and vegetables.
What is fiber?
These two factors are important in establishing a regular bowel pattern.
What are diet and medications?
Twitching or shaking caused by wrong messages sent from your nerves to your muscles.
What is spasm?
One of the most common causes of autonomic dysreflexia.
What is too full bladder or too full bowel or clothing too tight?
Stage of pressure sore that requires probable hospitalization and surgery.
What is Stage IV?
Meat, eggs, dried beans and peanut butter are high in this nutrient.
What is protein?
Proper management and care of the bladder, bowel, and skin will usually prevent episodes of this.
What is autonomic dysreflexia?