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Question of the Week: May 19, 2000 What function would you expect to find in a patient with a complete cord injury where function to C5 is intact? Answer: The nerve root of C5 runs between vertebrae C5 and C4. Nerve function at C5 includes: Motor Function C5 Deltoid present Pectoralis Absent C5...

Question of the Week: July 7, 2000 When should indwelling bladder catheters be discontinued following spinal cord injury? ANSWER: As soon as hourly urine output assessment is no longer necessary. Indwelling catheters increase the risk for urinary tract infections which are a life-threatening...

How can I quickly determine whether a patient has hypoxemia? trr the absence of drainage. ANSWER

Question of the Week: June 9, 2000 What function would you expect to find in a patient with a complete cord injury where function to C3 is intact? Answer: The nerve root of C3 runs between vertebrae C2 and C3. Nerve function at C3 includes: Motor Function C3 sternocleidomastoid muscle, weak...

Question of the Week: June 2, 2000 What function would you expect to find in a patient with a complete cord injury where function to C4 is intact? Answer: The nerve root of C4 runs between vertebrae C3 and C4. Nerve function at C4 includes: Motor Function C4 facial muscles, trapezius C4 trapezius...

What interventions should be introduced if a patient has a PaO 2 /FiO 2 gradient of <300? trr the absence of drainage. ANSWER

Question of the Week: July 14, 2000 What is autonomic dysreflexia? ANSWER: A life-threatening syndrome that can occur in individuals with cord injuries above T6 (most common in quadriplegia). It is triggered by a noxious stimulus such as full bladder or bowel, and is characterized by hypertension...

Question of the Week: December 17, 1999 If a patient has an embolus that travels from a vertebral artery, what area of the brain could be injured? Answer

Question of the Week: September 24, 1999 Identify the following VVI pacemaker problem. Answer: This is a VVI pacemaker which is under sensing (not "seeing" the native (patient's) QRS complexes). The sensitivity needs to be increased (making the sensitivity "number" smaller). The 3 letter code...

Question of the Week: May 5, 2000 How should omeprazole be administered down a feeding tube? ANSWER: Omeprazole needs to be given into an alkaline medium for a variety of reasons: the drug is acid labile and will be broken down in an acidic environment the drug is better absorbed into the parietal...