Body Mechanics

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Across
  1. 2. An assistive device that paramedics use to help get patients down a set of stairs
  2. 3. Older adults have very fragile skin that can result in _____________ if you are not careful when lifting, transferring, or moving a patient
  3. 5. An assistive device that would help with someone using the bathroom at their bedside
  4. 7. This position is typically not comfortable for older adults to lay in
  5. 9. This is an acronym should be considered and used whenever a client is moved, positioned, transferred or lifted at any time
  6. 10. A body position used for a patient with a spinal injury or that is used for sleeping and resting
  7. 13. If the bed linen is not free from wrinkles, it can cause a patient to develop __________________
  8. 15. Messages sent without words
  9. 16. a ____________ bed is made when the bed is expected to be unoccupied for a certain period of time
  10. 17. A way to move a patient with a spinal injury
  11. 18. Another word to describe “body alignment”
  12. 21. Messages sent through the spoken word
  13. 22. A patient would be in the position to have a cavity filled
  14. 23. A Patient would be laying in this position if they were getting spine surgery
  15. 25. This can help ease muscle tightness
  16. 27. A semi-sitting position in bed where the patient is able to use a bed pan in bed or eat without choking
Down
  1. 1. Poor body mechanics are often the result of ______________
  2. 4. Something we must not forget to do when lifting
  3. 6. Any injury that affects the bones, muscles, ligaments, nerves, or tendons resulting in pain
  4. 8. When sitting, your feet should be flat on the floor with your knees bent at a _____ degree angle
  5. 11. the rubbing of one surface against another
  6. 12. This is used to help move a patient from one bed to another (its blue)
  7. 14. When the skin sticks to a surface while muscles slide in the direction the body is moving
  8. 19. This bed position is used for drainage and needs a physician’s order
  9. 20. Do not bend at the _________ when lifting, push, or pulling a patient
  10. 24. _________________ are used to hold linen firmly in place
  11. 26. A mechanical device that is most often used by health care workers