Which of the following physician orders best permits a physical therapist to use clinical reasoning skills to titrate supplemental oxygen?

A physical therapist is working with a patient with moderate chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in the outpatient setting. The patient reports that at rest, they do not require supplemental O2 and use 4 LPM O2 with exertion. Which of the following oxygen delivery devices is most appropriate for this patient based on their present oxygen requirements?  

Consider the case of Susan who is a person using a wheelchair.  Susan meets her friends at a restaurant, but is unable go inside to eat with them because the only entrance has a steep stairway one must climb to enter.  What would each model say disables Susan in this situation?  Match the model with the response it would give.

A patient is admitted to the hospital with medical history including generalized anxiety disorder. They have been anxious and have an elevated respiratory rate. What is the correct evaluation of the patient’s arterial blood gas (ABG)?  pH – 7.47 PCO2 – 30 PO2 – 90 HCO3 – 26

Which of the following pulmonary function test values is used to determine the severity of restrictive lung disease? 

A physical therapist is evaluating a patient with New York Heart Association (NYHA) Class III Heart Failure. Which of the following lifestyle recommendations is accurate and appropriate to discuss with this patient?

A patient just received a coronary artery bypass (CABG) surgery x 2 and is now in the intensive care unit. They have been in bed for 2 days since surgery due to hemodynamic instability. They have now developed atelectasis per their most recent chest x-ray. Which of the following statements is true regarding atelectasis? 

A patient admitted to the hospital with very severe COPD, bronchiectasis, and diabetes was admitted to the ICU with hypoxic respiratory failure. An automated physical therapy consult is received to evaluate and treat the patient for mobility. Which of the following is the correct clinical assessment and decision based on the patient’s ABGs shown below?     PH/CO2/O2/HCO3  7.20/80/65/23 – Yesterday PM  7.06/99/75/24- Early this AM

All physical or mental impairments are disabilities.  The meaning of the term disability just is a physical or mental impairment.

An S2 heart sound indicates which of the following?