What Should Always Be Used When Lifting or Transferring a Patient

question 23

Multiple Choice

What should always be used when lifting or transferring a patient?

• A) Good body mechanics and a gait belt
• B) Exam table
• C) Wheelchair
• D) Patient's arms and legs as support

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Definitions:

Radial Cleavage

A type of embryonic development in deuterostomes where the planes of cell division are either parallel or perpendicular to the vertical axis of the embryo, resulting in the cells being positioned directly above or beside each other.

Cleavage

Series of mitotic cell divisions, without growth, that converts the zygote to a multicellular blastula.

Meiotic Cell Divisions

A type of cell division that reduces the chromosome number by half, leading to the production of gametes in sexual reproduction.

Common Ancestor

The most recent ancestral form or species from which two different species evolutionary diverged.