A patient is participating in an ambulation program to decrease the symptoms of intermittent claudication.  Which of the following statements is correct concerning this patient’s exercise prescription?

You assess your 45 year old patient’s vital signs prior to beginning the exercise session.  The patient’s blood pressure is recorded as 128/86 mm Hg and the pulse is 72 beats per minute.  The patient begins the exercise session which consists of walking on the treadmill.  After reassessing the patient’s vital signs you decide to terminate the exercise session.  At reassessment, the patient’s vital signs were documented as blood pressure at 154/116 mm Hg and the pulse as 102 beats per minute.  Which of the following findings was most likely responsible for terminating the exercise?

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?

Mr. H is 74 years old.  He has a diagnosis of Polymyalgia Rheumatica and is closely followed by his Rheumatologist.  He has begun to complain of a throbbing headache and blurry vision on the right.  He is also tender to palpation in the temple area.  How would you respond to this situation?

Your patient is currently taking nitroglycerin.  He is asking if he would be a candidate for use of Viagra®.  The combination of Viagra® and nitroglycerin causes  ___________  blood pressure.

Your patient. age 69, has a history of atrial fibrillation and cardiac arrhythmia for which he takes medication.  Prior to exercising on the treadmill, you note his resting heart rate was 66 and only one skipped beat was detected in 60 seconds.  You again check his pulse after approximately 8 minutes of treadmill activity.  His pulse is now 82 and you have detected a significant increase in skipped beats.  How would you proceed with this patient?

The left ventricle must generate a force during systole to overcome the aortic pressure and open the aortic valve so that blood can travel to the rest of the body.  This describes which stroke volume factor?

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?

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

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