A physical therapist is screening teenage athletes prior to a football camp.  One of the screening questions relates to coarctation of the aorta.  Which of the following procedures would screen for this condition?

The physical therapy department has been asked to participate in an interdisciplinary smoking cessation program.  Using the Florida Physical Therapy Practice Act as a framework, which of the following strategies would NOT be appropriate for a physical therapist to utilize when supporting a patient’s smoking cessation program?

A patient recently had a coronary artery bypass graft due to atherosclerotic heart disease.   Coronary arteries receive a majority of their blood flow during  ______________________  .

Your patient is having difficulty sleeping due to low back pain.  You discuss sleep hygiene with her during your treatment interventions.  Which of the following suggestions would be within a PT’s scope of practice and would help your patient to improve her sleep pattern?

Your patient reports episodes of heart palpitations.  She describes her heart “racing out of her chest.”  How long should you monitor her pulse?

Upon chart review, you note that the patient’s platelet count is low.  Platelets are responsible for ____________________________________.

A physical therapist monitors the blood pressure response to exercise of a 42 year old male on a stationary bicycle.  The therapist notes a relatively linear increase in systolic blood pressure with increasing exercise intensity.  The change in the patient’s systolic blood pressure with exercise is BEST explained by  _________________________________.

The patient reports that he “failed” his exercise tolerance test and will be scheduled for additional assessment procedures.  Which statement BEST describes a positive exercise tolerance test?

Mrs. P is 74 years old.  She lives with her daughter and is currently receiving home health physical therapy.  She has a recent history of falls and her PT intervention is aimed at balance recovery.  When you arrive today she tells you that last night she experienced numbness in her face and difficulty speaking.  She states she had trouble “finding her words.”  She reports feeling fine this morning.  Upon evaluation, you note that she no longer has numbness and that her speech is fine.  What would be the best course of action?

A physical therapist will be performing a pulmonary examination on a patient.  The resting respiratory rate is 14 and oxygen saturation is 98%.  As related to pulmonary function tests, which of the following reflects tidal volume?