A supervisor is caught between following a directive from upper management and addressing concerns from their team about unrealistic deadlines. What is the supervisor demonstrating?

a) Identify the lung sound (2 pts)   b) Identify the area of the lung being auscultated (2 pt) 

Perform pulmonary/cardiac auscultation: (6 pts)        Answer 3 questions related to pulmonary/cardiac auscultation: (6 pts)                                                                  

a) Identify the lung sound (2pts)    b) Identify the area of the lung being auscultated (2 pt) 

A physical therapist is treating an adolescent with cystic fibrosis. The patient complains of right-sided chest pain and shortness of breath. On auscultation, breath sounds are absent on the right side.  The PT suspects:

A patient presents to an outpatient physical therapy practice reporting difficulty walking due to left leg pain. Initially, the patient lies supine during the first part of the examination and then sits up at the edge of the bed. Very shortly after, the physical therapist observes this acute change:     Based on this observation, the PT suspects:  

A patient classifies exercise intensity as 11 using Borg’s (20-point) Rating of Perceived Exertion Scale. The PT interprets this to mean that the patient is working:  

Which of the following medical conditions will produce a pleural friction rub on auscultation of the lungs? 

Which of the following patients should the PT be most vigilant about maintaining the head of the bed elevated to at least 30° to prevent aspiration pneumonia?

A patient reports experiencing angina while exercising in an outpatient PT clinic.  After resting for 20 minutes, the patient’s condition remains unchanged, but they insist it’s normal for them and they can work through it. The most appropriate action for the therapist is: