5 Flashcards
Paralysis of the muscles of the face
Facial paralysis
Paralysis of 4 extremities
Quadriplegia
Paralysis of lower half of the body
Paraplegia
Paralysis of one extremity
Monoplegia
Paralysis of one side of the body
Hemiplegia
By wheel chair
Per wheel chair
Walking
Ambulatory
Carried (infant)
In arms
Motor weakness in half of the body (divided vertically, right)
Hemiparesis
By stretcher
Per stretcher
Semi-prone, side lying position
Sim’s (left or right)
On side lying
Lateral
Head & trunk are raised to 45-90°
Fowler’s
Head & trunk are raised to 15-45°
Semi-Fowler’s/low
Head & trunk are raised to 90°
High Fowler’s
On back, buttocks near edge of the table, knees
well flexed and separated
Lithotomy
On back, knees flexed and apart, feet flat on the table or bed
Dorsal recumbent
Resting on knees and chest
Knee-chest
On back, pelvis higher than head
Trendelenburg
On abdomen, face turned to one side
Prone
Prone with hips over break in the table and feet below level of head
Jackknife
Number of beats per minutes
Rate
Rhythm
Regular or irregular (arrhythmia)
Beats missed at intervals
Intermittent