Yearly Archives: 2022

The patient was brought into outpatient surgery to have surgery done for painful left foot with the following conditions: (1), Bunion with primary localized degenerative joint disease in the toes (2), Metatarsus primus varus (3), Hammer toe, second digit (4) Elongated metatarsal, second digit, left.  

Do some research on current environmental issues.   http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/ is a great place to start.       Go to one of the following two websites and estimate your ecological footprint.     How many worlds would we use if everyone lived like you?    https://www.footprintcalculator.org/       Calculate Your Carbon Footprint     From the […]

Discuss the meaning of cultural competency and the training process for developing cultural competency to work effectively with GSM populations.  

What are some of the health issues seen amongst the Hasidic Jews community?  

For each form/document(s), enter the AHP’s role/responsibilities to ensure the paper and/or electronic form/document and its content is accurate and complete.  Must include at least three responsibilities for each form/document(s) and avoid repetition if possible. Some examples of the AHP’s role/responsibilities would be: Enter demographic information Enter patient height and weight Print the physician’s name […]

Hearing Screening Assignment Watch Video   Watch this video of a school-age hearing screening conducted in New Zealand (stop video at 2:48): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Guy4iL2ZJuE       Answer Questions   What strategies did the therapist use during the hearing screening?        What was the purpose of the barrier between her and the child? Answer: […]

Choose FIVE speech sounds, varying them in place, manner and voicing (you can include vowel sounds as well) and describe all the muscles needed to produce the sound. Think about muscles of phonation, the face, tongue, and velum to complete the responses. For example: the /d/ phoneme. Voiced sound = LCA contracts to adduct vocal […]

Share some tips you have learned to quickly answer a multiple choice coding question. What are the different ways you can approach it?  

A 26 year old patient is admitted through the ED after being involved in an accident. After determining that there has been an intracranial injury, an emergency decompression was done in the OR removing the epidural hematoma.  

Assessment: 1. Closed non-displaced Barton fracture palmar of the left radius and distal torus fracture of the left ulna. Cast application. 2. 1.2cm laceration of left forehead. Required six internal and seven external 3-0 Prolene stitches. 3. Concussion without loss of consciousness 4. Chest and abdominal wall contusions and bruising on the left side 5. […]