Rehab Questions Flashcards
(40 cards)
Four main fields of health sciences
1)prevention
2)treatment
3)rehabilitation
4)chronic care
Definition of rehabilitation
Organised services provided by the society to disabled people so they can take place in the society again
Components of the comprehensive rehabilitation
“MESV”
Medical, Educational, Social measurements, Vocational
Active participation of the disabled person in this process is essential
Definition and most frequent types of disability
Definition= a condition when the abilities of a person do not meet the average society and it results in limitations and participation restrictions.
Types= vision, movement, hearing, thinking, remembering, learning, communicating, mental health, social relationship
What are the main differences between acute care and rehabilitation
Acute care= short time, passive patients, saves life, emergency dept/hospital
Rehab=longer periods, active patients, improve quality of life, rehab center
What does functional approach mean
A certain condition can be caused by multiple reasons, for rehabilitation what is important is the condition itself not the reason.
Example= hemiparesis by stoke, brain trauma, tumor, ms
Teamwork in rehabilitation
Medical doctor
Pyschologist
Neuropsychologist
Social worker
Hydrotherapist
physiotherapist
Occupational therapist
Orthopedic technician
Music therapist
Speech therapist
Relatives
Nurse
Types of rehabilitation depending on their implementation
1) acute-at the active care ex-stroke center, traumatology dept
2)post acute- rehabilitation center
3) rehabilitation in chronic conditions -rheumatological disease
Criteria of admission to a rehabilitation programme
-indication
-performability of the program
-current status
-achievable goal
-the achievements
What is functioning and disability and how can it be influenced?
Disability= includes those who have long term physical mental intellectual or sensory impairments which in interaction with various barriers may hinder their full and effective participation in society on equal basis with others.
Impairments, activity limitations and participation restrictions
Functioning= integrity of body funtions and structures including the realisation of activities and social participation
Functioning and disability are the result of both interaction between health condition of a person and both personal and environmental factors
When is a rehabilitation assessment needed, what are its goals, and who is doing it?
When there is a disability affecting the quality of life of the patient and its self care
The goal is to incorporate the person in the society again, improve its activity, diminish its physical limitations or reduce environmental obstecals for him or her
Rehabilitation centers and multidisciplinary teams
Levels of mobility and mobilization
FAC Functional ambulation category
2 minute walk test
Timed up and go test
Standing balance
Barthel index
Functional independence measure
International classifiction of functioning disability and health ICF
What do we examine during rehabilitation assessment besides body structures
Clinical history
Clinical examination
Functional status
Quality of life
Methods for measuring muscle strength
Hand squeeze test
Pronator
Group muscle resistance activity (british medical research council 0-5)
Mingazzini test
Barte test
Stand on the heels and toes
Dtrs
What is ICF and what do we use it for?
International classification of functioning
Classification of health related states and a tool for making a portrait of the persons overall state of health
What do we mean by self-care in rehabilitation medicine? What factors are we looking at?
Eating
Showering
Mobilisation
Family life
Social activities
Leisure
Working
Financial care
ADL activities of daily living
Bathing ambulation toilet eating dressing transfers
What do we mean by social participation
Family
Work place
Sexual activity
Learning activity
Interaction with others
What kind of factors affect disability
Dynamic i teractions btw health condition of the patient and both personal and environmental factors
Age motivation etc
What do we mean by quality of life?
Broad concepts that affect global life satisfaction, good health, adequete housing, employment, personal and family safety,interpersonal relationships, education, education and leisure pursuits
In relation to health care the term is applied specifically to those life concerns affected by illness and health
What are the most common places for pressure ulcers (bedsores, decubitus ulcers)?
Localised areas of damage to the skin and or soft tissue usually over the boney prominences as a result of pressure / pressure in combination with shear
Ex=sacrum calceneous ischium
Lesions are related to immobility
Most common consequences of spinal cord injury
Flaccid areflexix paralysis
Paraplegia tetraplegia
Areflexia
Bilateral diaphragm paralysis
Anesthesia
Autonomic dysfunction
Neurogenic shock
Loss of bladder control
Loss of bowel control
Bulbocavernous reflex
Priapism
Alternatives for urethral catheterisation
Intermitten catheterisation
Bed side bladder us
External condom catheter
Suprapubic catheter
Methods of thrombosis prophylaxis
Mechanical methods- intermitten pneumatic compression, graduated compression stockings, veneous foot pump
Pharmacotherapy-lmwh fondaparinux , oral agents
What is monoparesis, hemiparesis, paraparesis, tetraparesis/plegia
Mono - One limb Motor Insufficiency
Hemi - One side ( arm and leg) Motor Insufficiency
Pa ra - Both arms / legs motor insufficiency
Te t r a - All 4 limbs paralysis .