Safety and Mobility

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Safety and Mobility Quiz

Test your knowledge on safety and mobility practices with our comprehensive quiz designed for healthcare professionals and caregivers. This quiz covers essential information about assistive devices, patient transfers, and mobility assistance techniques.

10 multiple choice questions
Focus on practical applications in patient care
Improve your understanding of mobility safety

10 Questions2 MinutesCreated by HelpingHand472

When fitting an assistive device such as axillary crutches, a rolling walker, or a cane, the handle should be at which landmark?

Radial styloid

Ulnar styloid

Hip bone

Half way between wrist and elbow

Which assistive device is most appropriate for a patient post right MCA stroke (affecting left arm and face more than left leg)?

Wheelchair

Rollator

Hemiwalker

Single point cane

Which of the following is not a necessary steps in setting up a patient to transfer to a wheelchair.

Lock the wheelchair

Set the wheelchair up at a 45 degree angle from starting position.

Remove leg rests of wheelchair

Remove back of wheelchair

Which of the following require the most assistance from the therapist?

Contact guard

Minimum assistance

Stand by assist

Supervision

Which of the following types of assistance is matched to the correct description?

Max assist: patient expends 25-50% of work

Min assist: patient expends 50-75% of work

Contact guard: supervise and cue patient

Total assist: pt. Provides no assistance

Why should you use a gait belt when transferring a patient?

Safety for the patient

Safety for the therapist

Have something to hold on to

Gait belts are stylish and everyone should be wearing them

A, b, and c are correct. Gait belts are not stylish.

If a patient has weakness to their right side, which knee should you block when doing a sit to stand?

Right

Left

Which of the following do you NOT want to do when attempting a sit to stand with a patient?

Lift the patient under the arms

Have the patient wrap their arms around you

Have the patient place both hands on the walker

You do not want to do any of the above. All of the above can risk the safety of the patient or therapist.

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