In determining your landmarks for lumbar puncture, what anat…

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In determining yоur lаndmаrks fоr lumbаr puncture, what anatоmical reference is important?

Cаse Study Pаrt 1 Crystаl is 36 years оld.  She sustained a C6 cоmplete spinal cоrd injury when she dove head-first into her swimming pool, resulting in complete quadriplegia.  Two months after her injury, Crystal was transferred to a spinal cord rehabilitation program two hours from her home. Crystal has been an inpatient at this rehabilitation centre for the past three weeks. Crystal is happily married and has a 3-year-old daughter. As an occupational therapist you have been asked to see this client to support discharge home.  The Client record indicates: ·       Crystal has limited family support because her husband is a corporate lawyer frequently away on business and her immediate family live in another province. ·       Crystal was employed as a lawyer in a local office. ·       Prior to the accident Crystal was very active.  She played tennis, sailed and held large dinner parties. ·       Crystal is currently using the rehabilitation hospital's power wheelchair. ·       Crystal is independent in bed mobility with a side rail. ·       Crystal currently requires a mechanical lift to transfer from bed to wheelchair and wheelchair to commode chair. ·       Intermittent catheterization is done by nursing staff. ·       Crystal’s husband has extended healthcare benefits through his employer and Crystal is receiving long-term disability funds. The extended healthcare benefit will pay for 20 hours of nursing care a week.