Question

Chapter Assignment Sheed 278 Chapter 32 CASE STUDY 2 ing the procedure to the patient Mary Craig and her son John, Gwen Carr, CMA (AAM of Mary from a car to a wheelchair in the parking lot of In After explaining th applies a gait belt and City Health Care. Mary is an older adult who is blind, has diabetes mellitus, and is suffering from atrophy of e p begins the tra nsfer the legs. Unfortunately, because of Mary's position in the car, she must be transferred with her weaker side closest to the wheelchair. The patient panics during the transfer and throws her arms around Gwen's neck as she is lifting and pivoting Mary to the right to position her in the wheelchair. The patient's son, John, rushes forward to grab onto his mother. CASE STUDY REVIEW QUESTIONS 1. What is the best action of the medical assistant? 2. What is the best therapeutic response of the medical assistant? S. Could the situation have been avoided? If so, how? If not, why not?

Answer 1

1. The first action of the medical assistant is to explain the procedure to the patient that they are going to shift her from the car to the wheelchair and they will not hurt her as they will provide her support from the weak side .

2. The best therapeutic response of the medical assistant when the patient gets panic is to console the patient and explain her that nothing will happen ,we are shifting you from the care to the wheelchair with extreme care .

3. Yes, the situation could have been avoided if the wheelchair has been put on the other side of the car means the strongest side of Mary .She won't have got panic that much if she was shifted from the strongest side .