An OT practitioner is treating a client who has been hospitalized with acute burns to the face, neck, chest, and bilateral upper extremities. The therapist wants to initiate immediate antideform-ity positioning. Which position would not be appropriate?
A. Using a pillow behind the client's head
B. Using armboards to place shoulders in 90 degrees of abduction
C. Using a towel roll beneath the thoracic spine
D. Using splints to place elbows in extension
ANS: A
Pillows behind the client's head would actually encourage neck flexion deformity instead of preventing it. The antideformity position would be with the neck in neutral or slight extension.
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