1.
A pathology or a problem that has its own unique signs and symptoms is known as a(n):
Correct Answer
C. Disease
2.
When a disease causes anatomic symptoms it becomes a(n):
Correct Answer
B. Impairment
3.
Becuase of the impairment you cannot walk. This is now a disablity or a handicap?
Correct Answer
A. Disability
4.
"Any loss or abnormality of psychological physical or anatomical structure or function." WHO definition.
Correct Answer
B. Impairment
5.
If my disease is T6 paraplegia and I am unable to empty my bladder. Is being unable to empty my bladder, a disability or a hendicap?
Correct Answer
A. Disability
6.
Which one has a social aspect to it between disability and handicap?
Correct Answer
B. Handicap
7.
So, not being able to play football with other because of a T6 paraplegia is a disability?
Correct Answer
B. No
Explanation
it is a handicap. This is the social consequence of the disease. So I am now at a disadvantage because of the impairment.
8.
Rehabilitation tries to limite the adverse consequences (impairments, disabilities, and handicaps) of a particular disease. True or false?
Correct Answer
A. True
9.
There are three phases of medical care. Which phase is associated with curative medicine and surgery?
Correct Answer
B. pHase 2
10.
What is phase one of medical care associated with?
Correct Answer
C. Preventive care
11.
So, in other words phase 3 is the rehabilitation stage. True or false?
Correct Answer
A. True
12.
Sometimes the disease that we are treating becomes chronic with symptoms, impairment and disability that persist, is it appropriate to consider rehabilitation to limit the adverse effects of these persisiting symptoms on this person's life?
Correct Answer
A. Yes
13.
In other words, we accept that the adverse effects are going to be present, but through rehabilitation we want to limit these effects on our patients. True or false?
Correct Answer
A. True
14.
Our goal in rehabilitation is to maximise function withinthe confines of the exisiting disease. True or false?
Correct Answer
A. True
15.
Which of the following are components of the rehabilitation/functional model?
Correct Answer(s)
A. Identify symptoms/behavior
B. Underlying pathology is either not treatable or is unknown
C. Must treat/improve behaviors
D. Function improves
16.
What areas must we consider when we looking at a patient from a rehabilitation perspective?
Correct Answer(s)
A. Medical
B. Psychological
C. Social
D. Economic
17.
In order for rehabilitation to be indicated, intensive thereapy WILL improve the patient's ability to funciton. True or false?
Correct Answer
A. True
18.
You will need to do a functional evaluation needs when planning for you patient's rehabilitation program. Which of the following are part of their activities of daily living that you will assess?
Correct Answer(s)
B. Communication
C. Eating
D. Grooming
E. Environmental barriers and toileting
Explanation
You will also assess dressing, social support and bathing needs.
19.
The rehabilitation team comprises of the physician and physical therapist only or it is very multidisciplinary?
Correct Answer
B. Very multi disciplinary
20.
Which of the following will you also assess when doing their functional assessment?
Correct Answer(s)
A. Mobility
B. Activities of daily living
C. Personal and psychological factors
D. Social factors
E. Vocational factors
21.
What discpiline within the rehabiliation interdisciplinary team focuses on mobility issues and training, muscle strength, joint range of motion and uses modalities such as ultrasound, traction, heat, cold, whirlpool, massage and electrical stimiulation?
Correct Answer
C. pHysical therapy
22.
Which therapy focuses on self care activities or activities of daily living?
Correct Answer
B. Occupational
23.
Which therapy focuses on swallowing?
Correct Answer
C. Speech
24.
Which therapy focuses on cognition?
Correct Answer
C. Speech pathology
25.
Which therapy focuses on instruments of daily living such as meal planning and money management?
Correct Answer
C. Speech pathology
26.
Which therapy focuses on cognitive perceptual motor deficits?
Correct Answer
B. Occupational therpay
27.
Which therapy would make recommendations for upper extremity function and orthotics?
Correct Answer
B. Occupational therapy
28.
Our goal of successful rehabilitation is to assist the patient to reach the highest level of independance, improve their quality of life and minimize utlization of resources., True or false?
Correct Answer
A. True
29.
We will now use spinal chord injury to understand the rehabilitation process:Most cases of spinal chord injury in the US are:
Correct Answer
A. Males
30.
Are the majority of spinal chord injuries young males or older males?
Correct Answer
A. Young males
31.
Most spinal chord injuries occur:
Correct Answer(s)
B. In summer
C. On weekends
D. At night
E. On saturdays
32.
What percentage of patients with spinal chord injuries die prior to the hospital?
Correct Answer
C. 37%
33.
Anothre 8 to 17% with spinal chord injuries die within the hospital. True or false?
Correct Answer
A. True
34.
Basically almost all spinal chord injuries occur due to ACCIDENTS. True or false?
Correct Answer
A. True
35.
What accident has the highest contribtution of 46% inthe etiology of spinal chord injury in the USA?
Correct Answer
A. MVA
36.
In canada 36% of their spinal chord injuries are industrially related., True or false?
Correct Answer
A. True
37.
What is the most common cause of spinal chord injury in the elderly?
Correct Answer
B. Falls
38.
In terms of average life expectancy after a spinal chord injury, do men or women do better?
Correct Answer
B. Women
39.
Do complete or incomplete lesions do better in terms of life expectancy?
Correct Answer
B. Incomplete
40.
What is the most important predictor of long term survival after spinal chord injury?
Correct Answer
C. Age at injury
Explanation
bladder status does not predict mortality and level of injury and completeness are not very predictive of survival either.
41.
In studies that have been done, the eventual cause of death in patients with spinal chord injuries mirrored that of the general population with CV disease being the most common reason. True or false?
Correct Answer
A. True
42.
Which three are the most common types of fractures associated with spinal chord injuries?
Correct Answer(s)
A. C5-6
C. C6-7
D. T12-L1
43.
Which of the following are components of the emergent care of spinal chord injuries?
Correct Answer(s)
A. Spine stabilization
B. Airway management
C. Cardiac management
D. Neurologic management
E. X-ray c-spine
44.
What drug will you give STAT initially in the treatrment of spinal chord injuries?
Correct Answer
C. Methylprednisolone IV
45.
Why do you give methylprednisolone STAT immediate after a spinal chord injury?
Correct Answer(s)
B. Methylprednisolone decreases free radical production
C. Methylprednisolone prevents long tern effects
D. Methylprednisolone is anti inflamatory
46.
Which type of brace is frequently used to stabilize the spine after surgery?
Correct Answer
B. Halo traction brace
47.
Does the halo tractin brace allow the least amount of movement after a cervical fracture?
Correct Answer
A. Yes
48.
The halo traction brace penetrates the skin, does it also penetrate the bone?
Correct Answer
B. No
49.
Each halo traction brace is individually made for each patient. True or false?
Correct Answer
A. True
50.
You do manual muscle testing on your patient and these are your findings:C5 - 5/5C6 - 3/5C7 - 0/5what is the motor level?
Correct Answer
B. C6