Chapter 49: Physical Impairment

2. Due to the fact that many healthcare providers choose to not participate in Medicaid/Medicare programs, individuals with physical impairments often are force to ____ to a distant facility.
6. Decreased muscle tone
8. Which of the following medications is not a common antiseizure medication? Dilantin/ Tegretol/ Depakote/ Atropine/ Klonopin/ Phenobarbital
9. Injury to the ____ vertebrae can cause inability to control abdominal muscles and trunk instability.
11. The primary obstacle that people with impairments face in regard to health care
12. True/False. During a seizure, you should enter a tongue depressor into the patient’s mouth to prevent him/her from biting on his/her tongue.
13. Describes the difficulties or challenges experienced by a person with physical impairments as a result of another individual's misunderstanding or ignorance.
14. An inherited chronic disease that affects the lungs and digestive systems via an unusually thick, sticky mucus.

1. If the patient has seizures, record information in the chart about the ____ of seizures and the medications used to control them.
3. What allergy is prevalent among patients with spina bifida?
4. ____ is the most common form of muscular dystrophy and primarily affects boys.
5. Increased muscle tone
7. The majority of new spinal cord injury cases each year involved ____ between the ages of 16 and 30.
8. ____ etiologic causes can include infectious disease, congenital conditions, and developmental problems or chronic health problems that are poorly understood.
9. Resulting from an agent that affects the embryo during pregnancy
10. Refers to a group of more than 30 genetic diseases characterized by progressive weakness and degeneration of the skeletal muscles that control movement.