Deck 9: Transfer Activities

Question 1

What are the dependent patient transfers?
a. __________________________________________________________________
b. __________________________________________________________________
c. __________________________________________________________________
d. __________________________________________________________________
e. __________________________________________________________________
f. __________________________________________________________________

Answer 1

a. Sliding transfer activity
b. Three-person carry transfer activity
c. Two-person carry transfer activity
d. Dependent standing pivot transfer activity
e. Hydraulic lift transfer activity
f. Dependent sitting pivot transfer activity

Question 2

What are the independent patient transfers?
a. __________________________________________________________________
b. __________________________________________________________________
c. __________________________________________________________________
d. __________________________________________________________________

Answer 2

a. Standing pivot transfer activity
b. Sliding board transfer activity
c. Push-up transfer activity
d. Transfers between wheelchair and floor

Question 3

What are the assisted patient transfers?
a. __________________________________________________________________
b. __________________________________________________________________
c. __________________________________________________________________
d. __________________________________________________________________
e. __________________________________________________________________

Answer 3

a. Squat pivot transfer activity
b. Assisted sliding board transfer activity
c. Assisted push-up transfer activity
d. Assisted standing pivot transfer activity
e. Assisted transfers between wheelchair and floor

Question 4

Priority one during performing a transfer activity is:

A) teaching the patient to perform the transfer.
B) safety of both patients and PTs/PTAs.
C) generalizability.
D) efficiency.

Question 5

A patient who requires physical assistance to perform a standing pivot transfer activity properly requires what level of guarding?

A) Supervision
B) Close guarding
C) Contact guarding
D) None of the above

Question 6

How much of the transfer does a patient who requires moderate assistance perform?

A) 90 percent
B) 75 percent
C) 50 percent
D) 25 percent

Question 7

Contact guarding is used to control for:

A) balance impairments.
B) strength impairments.
C) both balance and strength impairments.
D) vision impairments.

Question 8

Positioning the patient close to the PT/PTA during performance of a dependent standing pivot transfer is to:

A) keep the patient within the base of support of the PT/PTA.
B) permit the PT/PTA to support the patient.
C) reduce the stress on the PT's/PTA's back.
D) all of the above.

Question 9

The person to determine which transfer is appropriate for a patient is the:

A) PTA.
B) PT.
C) patient.
D) physician.

Question 10

Describe how explanations given to a patient about a transfer are to be given.
a. __________________________________________________________________
b. __________________________________________________________________
c. __________________________________________________________________

Question 11

When the assistance of more than one person is needed to perform a transfer, the one in charge is usually:

A) the person at the patient's feet.
B) the person at the patient's trunk.
C) the person at the patient's head.
D) The patient is generally the one in charge.

Question 12

What are the criteria for determining that a patient transfer is complete?
a. __________________________________________________________________
b. __________________________________________________________________
c. __________________________________________________________________
d. __________________________________________________________________

Question 13

Positioning of the cart and bed for a three-person carry is such that the:

A) head of one is by the foot of the other.
B) foot of one is by the foot of the other.
C) head of one is by the head of the other.
D) cart and bed are parallel and close to each other.

Question 14

When performing a sliding transfer using a sheet, the PT/PTA grasps the sheet with the forearm:

A) pronated.
B) supinated.

Question 15

When performing a sliding transfer from cart to bed, two PTs/PTAs are positioned on:

A) the side to which the patient is being moved.
B) the side from which the patient is being moved.

Question 16

Documentation of transfer activities includes:

A) the name of the transfer activity.
B) the type of assistance provided.
C) the number of people providing assistance.
D) all of the above.

Question 17

A two-person lift is performed by the person at the patient's head holding the patient's forearms. The patient's right forearm is held in the PT's/PTA's:

A) right hand.
B) left hand.

Question 18

Which of the following would be an appropriate transfer for a patient with normal upper extremity strength and bilateral lower extremity amputations who uses a wheelchair for ambulation?

A) Squat pivot transfer activity
B) Push-up transfer activity
C) Sliding board transfer activity
D) Two-person lift transfer activity

Question 19

A push-up transfer often is a progression from a(n):

A) dependent sitting transfer activity.
B) sliding board transfer activity.
C) assisted standing pivot transfer activity.
D) squat pivot transfer activity.

Question 20

When performing an assisted standing pivot transfer the first time with a patient for safety the PT/PTA guards the patient's:

A) weakest leg.
B) strongest leg.
C) trunk only.

Question 21

When assisting a patient to perform a standing pivot transfer, the PT/PTA guards the hip and knee on:

A) the same side.
B) opposite sides.

Question 22

When assisting a patient to move to the front edge of a seat, the PT/PTA shifts the patient to the right side and assists the patient to move the:

A) right leg.
B) left leg.

Question 23

What are three methods of assisting the patient to move to the front edge of a seat?
a. __________________________
b. __________________________
c. __________________________

Question 24

To assist a patient to generalize an assisted standing pivot transfer, the PT/PTA:

A) varies the height of the surfaces.
B) varies the direction of the transfer.
C) changes the environment from closed to open.
D) all of the above.

Question 25

Which of the following would be an appropriate transfer for a patient with a recent exacerbation of multiple sclerosis resulting in balance impairment?

A) Dependent standing pivot transfer activity
B) Assisted standing pivot transfer activity
C) Sliding board transfer activity
D) Hydraulic lift transfer activity