Bariatric Wheelchair
NPTE Clinical Files | Physical Therapy
Kyle Rice
4.9 • 631 Ratings
🗓️ 7 July 2021
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Annie is being discharged home from the inpatient setting following a fracture of her right pelvis. She is having difficulty propelling her new wheelchair and cannot travel more than 30 feet before becoming fatigued. The therapist realizes that the patient's severe obesity is impacting her wheelchair mobility. Which of the following wheelchair adjustments would BEST improve the patient's mobility?
A. Move the front casters back
B. Move the rear axle forward
C. Move the rear axle back
D. Allow the patient to use a lower extremity to assist with propulsion
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Kyle Rice, awful test taker turned physical therapists and standardized test coach for over 5,000 physical therapists worldwide. |
| 0:09.0 | It wasn't that long ago that I struggle with anxiety, lack of confidence, and the fear of failing the NPTE. |
| 0:16.0 | Fast forward through the challenges, the 13 standardized test failures, and many lessons learn, and you'll see the life |
| 0:22.4 | I have today, a life filled with love, financial freedom, and a dream job that allows me to |
| 0:27.8 | change lives every single day. I created the NPTE Clinical Files podcast to give you simple, |
| 0:34.3 | actionable strategies, along with a step-by-step walkthrough of NPTE-based questions. |
| 0:40.5 | All of this so that you can dominate your exam like I did and achieve your dream. |
| 0:45.5 | So if you're a driven PT student who's looking to pass the NPTE and start creating a life |
| 0:50.8 | you love, you're in the right place. |
| 0:53.1 | Enjoy the show. |
| 0:56.3 | For this week's clinical file, |
| 1:02.1 | we have Annie, and Annie's being discharged home from the inpatient setting following a fracture of her right pelvis. She is having difficulty propelling her new wheelchair and cannot travel |
| 1:07.7 | more than 30 feet before becoming fatigued. |
| 1:11.1 | The therapist realizes that the patient's severe obesity is impacting her wheelchair mobility. |
| 1:18.5 | Which of the following wheelchair adjustments would best improve the patient's mobility? |
| 1:23.3 | So we have A, move the front casters back, B, move the rear axle forward, C, move the rear axle back, |
| 1:32.7 | and D is allow the patient to use a lower extremity to assist with propulsion. |
| 1:39.0 | All right, let's go to the top of this question before we knock it down. |
| 1:42.7 | Hopefully you were able to listen to the episode |
| 1:45.3 | right before this one. It's called Man Behind the Mission. And I really want you to check that |
| 1:52.1 | out is my story of how, you know, I've really gotten to this point of becoming a coach and |
| 1:57.0 | helping students who struggle with standardized tests, helping them to dominate the NPTE. |
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