Ambulation and Mobility

What is the purpose of a transfer belt?

• minimize back pain caused by weak core muscles

• Decrease the patient's sense of security

• Provide a way to grab wandering patients

• Provide extra balance and support

What should a health care worker do if the patient begins to fall?

• Step away and move furniture around the patient

• Rush the patient back to the room

• Help patients safely to the floor

• Try to prevent the fall

After lowering a falling patient to the floor, what should you do?

• Help the patient get up and walk back to the room

• Stay with the patient and call a nurse

• Find a wheelchair

• Leave the patient and go get a nurse.

When helping a patient stand using a transfer belt, what should a health care worker do?

• Use the belt to assist the patient to a standing position

• Use the belt to lift the patient to a standing position

• Use the belt to pull the patient to a standing position

• Any of the above, depending on how much help the patient needs

Mrs. Smith is recovering from a stroke and needs minimal physical assistance with ambulation. This level of assistance is called:

• extensive

• supervised

• limited

• setup

• independent

When helping a patient to ambulate, where should the health care workers stand?

• Directly beside the patient's affected side

• To the patient's unaffected side and in front of the patient

• To the patient's affected side and slightly behind the patient

• Behind the patient, holding the transfer belt

What is the process of moving about?

• Positioning

• Transferring

• Walking

• Ambulation

Which level of ambulation training is the most assistive?

• Limited

• Extensive

• Supervised

• Setup

• Independent

Which of these patients can safely use a transfer belt?

• A patient with a stomach ulcer

• A patient with advanced lung disease

• A pregnant patient

• A patient with back pain

What do crutches give patients?

• Height

• Flexibility

• Weight Support

• Stability