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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ambulate | to walk |
| aspiraton | very serious condition in which food, water, gastric contents, or other materials enter the trachea and lungs. |
| Body Alignment | postion of human body in which the body can properly function |
| Caustic | capable of burning living tissue, including skin, mucous membranes, and internal organs |
| Chemical restraint | use of medication to treat disease |
| coercion | forcing a patient to do something without his or hers wish |
| contracture | permanent shortening or contraction of a muscle due to immobility,spasm, or paralysis |
| draw sheet | sheet folded under patient, extending from above the shoulder to below the hips |
| enabler | device that empowers patients and assist them to function at their highest level |
| flowlers positon | position in which the patient lies on the back with backrest elevated 45 degrees to 60 |
| laceration | accidental break in skin |
| mobility | ability to move |
| Orthopneic postion | position when the patient sits up to breathe. |
| Orthotic Devices | Devices that restore. |
| Physical Restraint | device used to prevent a patient from moving about or having acess to his or her own body. |
| Postural support | device used as an enabler that maintains body position. |
| pressure injury | injuries to the skin associated with open areas from friction, shearing, pressure, and other causes injury. |
| procedure | practices and proccesses used when following facility policies in patient care. |
| prone | position in which the paitent is on the abdomen spine straight, legs extended and arms flexed on either side of the head |
| seclusion | separating paitent from others |
| semi-fowlers | position in which the patient is on the a=back with knees slightly flexed, and the head of the bed is elevated 30 degrees to 45 |
| semiprone | patient is positioned between the side and the abdomen |
| semisupine | patient is positioned between the side and the back |
| Sims postion | position in which the patient is on the left side with left leg extended and right leg flexed; left arm extended and brought behind the back;right arm is flexed and brought foward |
| slider | device with a slippery, low friction surface that is used for moving patients. |
| supline | lying with the face upwards |
| splint | type of orthosis used to miaintain position and prevent contractures of the arm and hand |
| transfer | procedure followed when caning a patients during ambulation |
| supportive device | use to help maintain a patients body in a specific postion |
| trochanteric roll | rolled sheet placed under the patients extending from waist to mid thigh;positioned against the hip to prevent lateral hip rotaion |
| turning | moving draw sheet. |
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