Safety and Mobility

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Safety and Mobility Quiz

Test your knowledge on safety and mobility practices with our engaging quiz. This quiz is designed for healthcare professionals and individuals interested in improving their understanding of assistive devices and safe transfer techniques.

In this quiz, you will explore topics such as:

Use and adjustment of assistive devices
Safe transfer techniques
Patient mobility strategies

10 Questions2 MinutesCreated by HelpingHand234

What is the landmark on the upper extremity that is used to adjust a walker or cane?

Radial Head

Metacarpals

Ulnar Styloid

Bottom of the fingers

When transferring from supine to right in sidelying, which leg should be bent?

Right

Left

Neither

Both

For which of these patients would you use crutches?

Elderly woman with poor balance and thoracic kyphosis

Soccer player right after an ACL tear

A Hemiplegic

What side do you use an assistive device on?

The affected side

The unaffected side

When standing and pivoting, the most important part is _____

The patient

The setup/environment

The assistive device

Which device is most suitable for community ambulators? crutches, hemiwalker,

Rollator

Regular walker

Hemiwalker

Crutches

Which device is commonly used for stroke patients?

Quad Cane

Rolling Walker

Rollator

Hemiwalker

How would you transfer from a wheelchair to mat or stationary chair?

Angle wheelchair 45 degrees toward chair, lock the wheels, remove the foot plates, remove the arm, scoot forward on wheelchair, nose over toes, push feet back, reach hands back, push off chair, block knee, pivot, sit down slowly

Lock the wheels, remove the foot plates, scoot forward on wheelchair, nose over toes, reach hands back, push feet back, block knee, pivot, sit down slowly

Remove the foot plates, reach hands back, remove the arm, scoot forward on wheelchair, nose over toes, push feet back, push off chair, block knee, sit down slowly

Remove the arm, scoot forward on wheelchair, angle wheelchair 45 degrees toward chair, nose over toes, push feet back, reach hands back, push off chair, block knee, pivot, sit down slowly

Which assistive device provides more stability?

Quad Cane

Single Point Cane

This AD is used for those who have decent upper body strength but who also need stability

Rollator

Rolling Walker

Crutches

Wheelchair

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