Which of the following is the most important method of reducing the spread of infection?

Tom is a 16 year old high school football player who is coming to outpatient physical therapy due to a sprained deltoid ligament in his left ankle.  Today’s visit was the first time that he used the treadmill.  You took his heart rate when he first came in, right after he got off the treadmill and 5 minutes after he got off of the treadmill.  When he first came in, you counted 10 beats in a 10 second interval.  Right after he ran on the treadmill, you counted 50 beats in a 30 second interval.  Five minutes after he was done with the treadmill, you counted 70 beats in a 60 second interval.  You also took Tom’s BP (blood pressure) before and after he ran on the treadmill. Tom reports pain with palpation of the affected area and with ankle motion that stresses the deltoid ligament.  To determine if there has been any change in Tom’s pain levels during subsequent visits, which of the following areas should you palpate?

On Saturday morning, your Aunt calls you with a concern about your cousin.  Knowing that you are in PTA school, she asks if you can come over and take your cousin’s vital signs.  Your cousin’s pulse seems high to your aunt.  You grab your sphygmomanometer and head over to your aunt’s house.  When you take your cousin’s pulse, it is 135 bpm.  You tell your aunt that this is considered normal.  Your aunt is so relieved that she gives you a big hug.  She then states that she was so nervous that her heart rate is probably elevated!  Just to be sure, you check your aunt’s heart rate as well, using the radial pulse. After you take your aunt’s pulse, she asks you to take her blood pressure.  You inform her that you will take her blood pressure on her right arm and you inform her that she should never let anyone take it on her left arm.  Which of the following led you to make this decision?

Which of the following best defines Vaulting?

Phil had a stroke 2 weeks ago.  He is now a patient in the skilled nursing facility, where you work on weekends.   Because it is a beautiful day out, you find him in the far corner of the garden enjoying the sun and flowers.  You will need to wheel him back into the building and to the rehab gym.  Which of the following spinal curves indicate that Phil is seated appropriately in a well-fitting wheelchair?

Which of the following diagnoses is most likely to have Scissors Gait?

When you are done working with Phil, you bring him back to his room and position him sidelying (quarter turn toward prone) in his bed at 1:30 pm.  At what time will someone need to re-position Phil?

You notice that your patient, who just had a total shoulder replacement this morning, has a pulse oximeter on his finger.  His pulse oximeter reads 89% when you enter the room.  His chart indicates that for the first three days after surgery he is only allowed to actively move the shoulder in the sagittal plane.  Which of the following information does the pulse oximeter provide?

You have a patient scheduled for 12:00 noon and he will require a sterile field, which will take about 15 minutes to set up.  It is 10:00 am and you have a cancellation.  Which of the following best describes how you manage your time?

You are working with Ryan in an outpatient facility.  When he enters the clinic, you take his blood pressure and measure 120/80 mmHg.  After 10 minutes of jogging on the treadmill, you take his blood pressure again.  It is 119/82 mmHg.  Based only on the information provided, which of the following best describes your course of action?