A client comes to the emergency department with skin burns and tells the practitioner that they were caused by a diathermy treatment. The practitioner understands that the burns were caused by _________ type of radiation injury.
a) Ionizing radiation
b) Nonionizing radiation
c) Ultraviolet radiation
d) Electrical currents
Answer:
d) Electrical currents
Explanation:
Diathermy treatment is a kind of treatment that involves the usage of electrically introduced heat as a form of physical therapy or surgical procedures.
In physical therapy, it can be used to convey moderate heat personally with intermediary to pathological lesions in the deeper tissues of the body.
Also, diathermy treatment can be subjected to capsules located at joints, fibrous tissues in tendons to ease the severe hardness of joints and further aid the relaxation of the muscles and reduce muscle spams.
In surgery diathermy is used to cauterize blood vessels to prevent excessive bleeding. Burns from diathermy treatment occurs if there is an outbreak of fire during the surgery due to excessive heat production. Also if the electrical circuits are being disturbed, electrical shocks and burns are possible.
A medical pracatitioner should therefore understands that if a client comes to the emergency department with skin burns and tells the practitioner that they were caused by a diathermy treatment, the medical practitioner should be able to detect that the burns were caused by electrical current during the diathermy treatment process .