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Question 1. Discuss why the PTA needs to know about bed mobility and transfers.

Question 2. List general considerations for bed mobility and transfers.

Question 3. List Precautions and Contraindications forleed mobility and transfers.

Question 4. What information should be included when documenting bed mobility and transfers?

Question 5. Describe five different types of transfers.

Question 6. Explain the wheelchair positions you might use for a standing transfer and for a transfer-board transfer to and from a bed or mat and indicate why these positions are necessary and important for the transfer.

Question 7. Describe how you would reduce friction between a patient's body and the surface of the bed or mat, center the patient's weight, reduce the effects of gravity, and use gravity as an assistive force during bed mobility activities.