A natural law that describes how a muscle relaxes when the muscle opposing it contracts due to the reciprocal innervations of agonist and antagonist muscles in a reflex arc; also the term for a muscle energy technique that uses a contraction of
an agonist to enhance the relaxation and subsequent stretch of an antagonist.
Reciprocal inhibition
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An EMT is rapidly extricating a critically injured patient from a severely damaged vehicle. Which one of the following would the EMT recognize as acceptable given this patient's condition?
A) A vest-type or other short spine immobilization device can be omitted, but a cervical collar and manual in-line spinal stabilization are still required. B) Manual in-line spinal stabilization can be omitted in the vehicle, but should be taken once the patient has been extricated and is on the long backboard. C) A vest-type or other short spine immobilization device still needs to be used to extricate the patient from the vehicle. D) The long backboard can be omitted and the patient can be placed directly onto the stretcher as long as a cervical collar has been applied.
The uphill positioning principle has exceptions. For patients with breathing difficulty the patient should be placed either seated or uphill depending on other injuries. The uphill concept allows easier breathing because:
a. the ribs have greater flexibility of movement in the uphill position. b. air flows more easily through a patient's nose compared to a head-downhill position. c. it calms patients by enabling them to see where they are going during transport. d. of less pressure from the abdominal contents pushing upwards.
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
A psychologist must always obtain informed consent.
Osteopathic service codes are determined by the number of regions treated at each session. How many total regions are there?
A. 10 B. 7 C. 5 D. 4