Reference no: EM133514799

Answer the following questions (straight to the point)

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 for bed 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.