CLO 5: A PTA treats a 32-year-old female diagnosed with thor…

CLO 5: A PTA treats a 32-year-old female diagnosed with thoracic outlet syndrome.  While exercising the patient begins to complain of feeling lightheaded and dizzy.  The PTA immediately ushers the patient to a nearby chair and begins to monitor her vital signs.  The PTA measures the patient’s respiration rate as 10 breaths per minute, pulse rate as 45 beats per minute, and blood pressure as 125/85 mm Hg.  Which of the following statements is MOST accurate?