Acute Care Quiz 1

You are an OTR working in an acute care setting visiting a new client. Before you walk in, you see a chart outside. What would you expect to see on this chart?

• precautions

• past medical history

• lab and imaging reports

• all of the above

T or F: an ACUTE CARE setting is for medically unstable patients able to tolerate 3 hours of therapy per day

• True

• False

What type of joint is the hip?

• hinge

• ball and socket

• saddle

the ball of the hip joint is the ____ and the socket is the ____

• femoral head; acetabulum

• tibia; acetabulum

• acetabulum; femoral head

• labrum; scapula

what does ORIF stand for? What are the common precautions/restrictions?

You are an OTR working with an 87 y/o client who recently had an ORIF. What is important to keep in mind when educating his family about precautions?

• he does not have any precautions after the ORIF

• his cognition may not be intact, so it is important to monitor him and provide verbal cues and reminders

• he will be able remember the precautions on his own with a schedule

three major types of THAs (total hip arthroplasty)

• superior, middle, inferior

• anterior, superior, posterior

• lateral, medial, superior

• anterolateral, posterolateral, superpath

your client has just received a posterolateral THA and needs a reminder on his precautions. As the OTR working with him, what are his precautions?

• no hip flexion past 90 degrees, no IR, no ADDuction

• no hip flexion past 95 degrees, no IR, no ABDuction

• no hip extension, no ADDuction, no ER

• no hip flexion past 90 degrees, no ER, no ABDuction

after a posterolateral THA, which piece of AE is MOST important for maintaining appropriate hip precautions during sleep?

• reacher

• abductor wedge

• raised toilet seat

• shoe horn

You're educating a care partner of a client who recently underwent an anterolateral THA, what are the specific precautions for this surgery? These precautions should be

• no hip flexion past 90 degrees, no IR, no ADDuction

• no hip extension, no ER, no ADDUction

• there are no precautions

• no hip extension, no IR, no ABDuction