Midterm Review Flashcards
(47 cards)
IRF PAI LEVEL 6
independent
IRF PAI LEVEL 5
Set up/clean up assistance
IRF PAI LEVEL 4
Supervision assistance
IRF PAI LEVEL 3
Minimum assistance
IRF PAI level 2
Maximum assistance
IRF LEVEL 1
dependent
What is the Occupational functioning model?
- Guides assessment and treatment for someone with a physical dysfunction
- Feeling of self-empowerment
What are the assumptions of the occupational functioning model:
-people who are competent in life roles- have a high self-esteem
Ability to carry out life roles depends on capacities
-satisfactory occupational functioning occurs only within enabling environments
Basic abilities and capacities + enabling environment and contexts=
satisfactory occupational functioning
What are the 4 principles of ethics and therapeutic relationships:
- OT personnel shall demonstrate a concern for wellbeing and safety
- OT should refrain from actions that cause harm
- OT should respect the individual to self-determination
- OT should provide services in a fair manner
What are the purposes of documentation:
- articulate rationale for OT service
- reflect therapists clinical reasoning
- communicate information about the client from OT perspective
- create a chronological record of client status, OT services provided and client outcomes
T/F: Must document all things in ink
True
All entries for documentation must be signed by what:
Therapists legal name and professional credentials
What is the top-down approach
Looking at the individual as a whole
- what they can and cannot do
What assessments are top down
IRF PAI , GG Codes, FIM,
FIG
Bottom up approach
Look at specific things- ex: ROM, strength, MMT, goni, eye movements
Precautions and considerations when patient is not stable:
- notify nurse/medical staff
- wait until medically cleared for OT services
- If they pass out or are medically unstable call 911
Contraindications/Precautions for Administering Assessments
Medical safety
Orthostatic hypotension
drop in blood pressure depending on position changes- sit at edge of bed and dorsiflex/plantar flex to get blood flow back up to legs
DVT
- swelling in the legs
- can lead to PE
- warmth on the skin
- red coloring
Pulmonary embolism
- chest pain
- tachycardia
- difficulty breathing
- cynosis
- passing out
Infection-
Redness, swelling, pain, heat, fever over 101 degrees, oozing, drainage, foul odor,
What is the OT necessary for in LE fracture/joint replacement
- helping clients get back to prior function
- preforming ADL’s
- manage pain
- decrease swelling
- monitor wound care
- maintain limb alignment
- teach patient to maintain safe precautions
Anterolateral approach precautions:
- no hip extension
- no adduction past midline
- no external rotation