| A | B |
|---|
| HOB raised 45 degrees | Semi -Fowler's Position |
| HOB raised 30 degrees | Low-Fowler's position |
| Foot of bed tilted upward | Trendenlenburg position |
| Lying face down on bed | Prone position |
| Lying flat on your back | Supine position |
| To lift a heavy object you must.... | Bend your knees, squat and hold items close to body and base of suport |
| Use good body mechanics to | Protect yourself and others from injury |
| To use your body in a efficient and careful way | Body mechanics |
| Head, trunk, arms, legs are aligned with one another | Body alignment |
| The area in which an object rests | Base of support |
| When lifting a person, your left and right arm are | under the person's shoulders |
| Variation of the prone in which a residents chest and shoulder are under a pillow | Semi-Prone Position |
| Walking | Ambulation |
| To sit up with the legs over the side of the bed to regain balance | Dangle |
| The area on which an object rests | Base of Support |
| Rubbing or friction when the skin moves one way and the bone underneath it remains fixed or moves in opposite direction | Shearing |
| Tilt position with benefits of reduced pressure on sacrum, coccyx and buttocks. A pillow is behind the residents back. | semi - supine position |
| Turning the person as a unit, in alignment, with one motion | Log - rolling |
| Special equipment used to lift or weigh a person | Mechanical Lift |
| The science of designing equipment, areas, and tasks to make them safer | Ergonomics |
| The act of helping people into positions that will be comfortable and healthy for them | Positioning |
| Rubbing of the body against something. This can cause shearing. | Friction |
| To move from one place to another | Transfer |
| A belt used to support persons who are unsteady or disabled | Transfer belt |
| Also called the supine position | Dorsal Recumbant Position |
| Left side - lying position | Sims Position |
| A nasal prong device used to deliver oxygen | Nasal Cannula |
| A device to deliver oxygen or respiratory treatments which covers the nose and mouth | Simple Mask |
| The amount of oxygen deleivered measured in liters / minute | Oxygen Flow rate |
| Rescue, Alarm, Confine, Extinguish | R.A.C.E. |
| This is mandated by the government to protect the employee | OSHA |
| An event that must be reported that interrupts normal procedures | Incident |
| An unexpected, undesirable event | Accident |
| This law required the FDA be notified of any death or serious injury caused by and medical device | Safe Medical Act of 1991 |
| Prohibits carrying a concealed weapon in a hospital, nursing home, or other health care facility | Texas Concealed Handgun Law |
| The decrease in size or the wasting away of tissue. | Atrophy |
| The lack of mobility caused by abnormal shortening of a muscle. | Contracture |
| Rolled up blankets that prevent the hip and leg from turning outward. | Trochanter Rolls |
| These are used to keep bed covers from resting on the resident's legs and feet. | Bed or Foot Cradles |
| A pyramid listing of physical and psychosocial needs | Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs |
| Joint inflammation | Arthritis |
| Autoimmune reaction which causes joint inflammation | Rheumatoid Arthritis |
| Joint degeneration caused by the wear and tear of the bone. | Osteoarthritis |
| Cerebral Vascular Accident | CVA |
| Lack of blood supply to the brain. | Cerebral Vascular Accident |
| Stroke | CVA |
| A neurological disorder cuased by low dopamine levels which results in halted or faltering gait. | Parkinson's Disease |
| A progressive degenerative, irreversible disease that is a form of dementia. | Alzheimer's Disease |
| Alzheimer's Disease | AD |
| A progressive disease where the myelin sheath of nerves and spinal cord breaks down. | Multiple Sclerosis |
| Factors originating within the individual such as normal aging. | Intrinsic Fall Risk Factors |
| Factors outside of the person such as environement that are risk factors for falls | Extrinsic Risk Factors |
| The clear, dome shaped surface that covers the front of the eye. | Cornea |
| The colored part of the eye which regulates the amount of light coming into the eye. | Iris |
| The light sensitive nerve layer that lines the back of the eye. | Retina |
| Opacity of the normally clear lens which causes the vision to be fuzzy. | Cataracts |
| The inability to clearly see or read things held close to the face. | Presbyopia |
| A degeneration of the macula which decreases the ability to see directly in front of you. | Macular Degeneration |
| A build up of pressure in the middle part of the eye which damages the optic nerve. | Glaucoma |
| Damage of the retina which causes tunnel vision. Diabetes is a common cause. | Retinapathy |
| The retina peels away from the back portion of the eyeball. Can occur suddenly. | Detached Retina |
| Half Vision | Heminopsia |
| Hearing loss caused from a loss in the flow of sounds. | Conductive Hearing Loss |
| Hearing loss caused from impairment with the nerve pathway going from the inner ear ear to the brain. | Sensorineural Hearing Loss |
| Inability to hear high pitched sound frequencies | Presbycusis |
| Constant ringing or static noise in the ears. | Tinnitus |
| An occurance or event that interrupts normal procedures | Incident |
| An unexpected, undesirable event. | Accident |
| HOB Raised 90 Degrees | High Fowler's |
| Head of Bed | HOB |
