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 i...
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Spinal cord injuries can result from: - answer 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 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: - answer 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 - answer 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 Answer: C7
True or False: A halo vest is a traction device that immobilizes the
spine and secured to the skull with steel. - answer 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 Answer: True
True or False: A person with an incomplete spinal cord injury cannot
have any sensation below the level of their injury. - answer 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 Answer: False
True or False: Spasticity is rare in clients with spinal cord injuries. -
answer Answer: False
In Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy weakness first occur in: - answer
Proximal Muscles
A Motor Neuron disease - answer Attacks the neurons which control
voluntary muscles, Attacks the neurons which control involuntary
muscles.
Myotonic muscular dystrophy is unique among muscular dystrophies
because: - answer It can affect voluntary and involuntary muscles
ALS "Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis" aka: Lou Gehrig's is usually
fatal within: - answer Answer: 3 to 5 Years
Muscular dystrophies: - answer Are always Genetic, Always
eventually result in the patient being wheelchair confined.
, Children with SMA "Spinal Muscular Atrophy": - answer usually have
average to above average intelligence
How many types of childhood SMA "Spinal Muscular Atrophy" exist?
- answer Answer: 3
SMA Type 1 - answer "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.
SMA Type 2 - answer is characterized by muscle weakness that
develops in children between ages 6 and 12 months.
SMA Type 3 - answer "also called Kugelberg-Welander disease or
juvenile type": has milder features that typically develop between
early childhood and adolescence.
How many thoracic vertebrae are there on spinal column? - answer
Answer: 12
which of the following diagnoses are most likely to result in a
patient moving directly from ambulation to power wheelchair? -
answer ALS "Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis" aka: Lou Gehrig's
Disease
DMD "Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy" - answer occurs primarily in
boys, It is caused by an alteration "mutation" in a gene, called the
DMD gene that can be inherited in families in an X-linked recessive
fashion. have progressive loss of muscle function and weakness,
which begins in the lower limbs.
CMT "Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease" - answer aka: "hereditary
sensory and motor neuropathy". This means that the disease runs in
families and causes problems with the sensory and motor nerves,
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