#2 Prep for Hydro Treatment Quiz Autumn 2023

What are factors to consider when putting together your equipment home kit or set-up for hydrotherapy treatments? *

2. All of the following are general cautions when treating the elderly with hydrotherapy EXCEPT?

3. All of the following are conditions that are absolutely contraindicated for hydrotherapy treatments EXCEPT?

4. What is an important consideration when treating a pregnant client with hydrotherapy?

When administering contrast treatments, keep temperature range at 20 degrees difference.
Apply heat above 102 degrees F (38 C) only if the client can tolerate the treatment.
Administer treatments only in the first trimester
Place the pregnant client in a flat face up position.

5. Anything that has touched the client’s skin must be sanitized.

6. All of the following disease conditions recommends a therapeutic temperature to not exceed 102 degrees F (38 C) EXCEPT?

7. What body organ does not tolerate temperature change?

8. Choose the two important rationales for allowing a 30 minute rest period after the hydrotherapy treatment is complete?

To allow the body to return to homeostasis
To allow white blood cells and natural killer cells to increase their migration and number in the blood stream
To allow the client to sleep as hydrotherapy treatments are very debilitating
To allow the client to stop sweating before dressing

9. What safety precautions enhance the success of a hydrotherapy treatment?

10. Which of the following relates to HOT therapeutic sensation of temperature? (may be more than one right answer)

11. Which of the following description(s) is considered COLD therapeutic temperature of water: