Resna ATP 2013 Prep Test
Questions And Answers
Spinal cord injuries can result from:
✓✓✓✓~ Disease, Trauma, Tumors, and congenital or Acquired deformities
Spinal Shock
A: is Always permanent
B: results in increased blood flow to the injury site
C: usually last 3-4 weeks
D: contributes to further damage of spinal cord
✓✓✓✓~ Answer: B: Results in increased blood flow to the injury site and C: Usually last 3-4
weeks
Directly after a spinal cord injury it is imperative that:
,✓✓✓✓~ the client is provided with a loaner or rental wheelchair until a consistent functional
level is establish, client is evaluated within two weeks to determine their long term
needs for Mobility needs
Hyperreflexia or Autonomic Dysreflexia
✓✓✓✓~ Is a life threatening response to noxious stimuli occurring below the level of injury,
Can include symptoms such as severe headache, decreased pulse and excessive
perspiration.
How many cervical vertebrae in spinal cord?
✓✓✓✓~ Answer: C7
True or False: A halo vest is a traction device that immobilizes the spine and
secured to the skull with steel.
✓✓✓✓~ Answer: True
True or False: Persons with a complete spinal cord injury above C4 level will
almost always require some type of respiratory equipment.
✓✓✓✓~ Answer: True
,True or False: A person with an incomplete spinal cord injury cannot have any
sensation below the level of their injury.
✓✓✓✓~ Answer: True
True or False: A person with a complete spinal cord injury will have no sensation
or motor function in the sacral segments S4-S5.
✓✓✓✓~ Answer: False
True or False: Spasticity is rare in clients with spinal cord injuries.
✓✓✓✓~ Answer: False
In Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy weakness first occur in:
✓✓✓✓~ Proximal Muscles
A Motor Neuron disease
✓✓✓✓~ Attacks the neurons which control voluntary muscles, Attacks the neurons which
control involuntary muscles.
Myotonic muscular dystrophy is unique among muscular dystrophies because:
, ✓✓✓✓~ It can affect voluntary and involuntary muscles
ALS "Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis" aka: Lou Gehrig's is usually fatal within:
✓✓✓✓~ Answer: 3 to 5 Years
Muscular dystrophies:
✓✓✓✓~ Are always Genetic, Always eventually result in the patient being wheelchair
confined.
Children with SMA "Spinal Muscular Atrophy":
✓✓✓✓~ usually have average to above average intelligence
How many types of childhood SMA "Spinal Muscular Atrophy" exist?
✓✓✓✓~ Answer: 3
SMA Type 1
✓✓✓✓~ "also called Werdnig-Hoffman disease": is a severe form of the disorder that is
evident at birth or within the first few months of life.
Questions And Answers
Spinal cord injuries can result from:
✓✓✓✓~ Disease, Trauma, Tumors, and congenital or Acquired deformities
Spinal Shock
A: is Always permanent
B: results in increased blood flow to the injury site
C: usually last 3-4 weeks
D: contributes to further damage of spinal cord
✓✓✓✓~ Answer: B: Results in increased blood flow to the injury site and C: Usually last 3-4
weeks
Directly after a spinal cord injury it is imperative that:
,✓✓✓✓~ the client is provided with a loaner or rental wheelchair until a consistent functional
level is establish, client is evaluated within two weeks to determine their long term
needs for Mobility needs
Hyperreflexia or Autonomic Dysreflexia
✓✓✓✓~ Is a life threatening response to noxious stimuli occurring below the level of injury,
Can include symptoms such as severe headache, decreased pulse and excessive
perspiration.
How many cervical vertebrae in spinal cord?
✓✓✓✓~ Answer: C7
True or False: A halo vest is a traction device that immobilizes the spine and
secured to the skull with steel.
✓✓✓✓~ Answer: True
True or False: Persons with a complete spinal cord injury above C4 level will
almost always require some type of respiratory equipment.
✓✓✓✓~ Answer: True
,True or False: A person with an incomplete spinal cord injury cannot have any
sensation below the level of their injury.
✓✓✓✓~ Answer: True
True or False: A person with a complete spinal cord injury will have no sensation
or motor function in the sacral segments S4-S5.
✓✓✓✓~ Answer: False
True or False: Spasticity is rare in clients with spinal cord injuries.
✓✓✓✓~ Answer: False
In Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy weakness first occur in:
✓✓✓✓~ Proximal Muscles
A Motor Neuron disease
✓✓✓✓~ Attacks the neurons which control voluntary muscles, Attacks the neurons which
control involuntary muscles.
Myotonic muscular dystrophy is unique among muscular dystrophies because:
, ✓✓✓✓~ It can affect voluntary and involuntary muscles
ALS "Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis" aka: Lou Gehrig's is usually fatal within:
✓✓✓✓~ Answer: 3 to 5 Years
Muscular dystrophies:
✓✓✓✓~ Are always Genetic, Always eventually result in the patient being wheelchair
confined.
Children with SMA "Spinal Muscular Atrophy":
✓✓✓✓~ usually have average to above average intelligence
How many types of childhood SMA "Spinal Muscular Atrophy" exist?
✓✓✓✓~ Answer: 3
SMA Type 1
✓✓✓✓~ "also called Werdnig-Hoffman disease": is a severe form of the disorder that is
evident at birth or within the first few months of life.
