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While you are walking, when your right leg is in Mid-Stance, which of the following best describes your left leg?

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.  Prior to lowering Phil’s wheelchair down a curb, which of the following would be most appropriate for you to do?

Which portion of the gait cycle is considered open chain?

Approximately how much does the knee flex during its maximal flexion during the gait cycle?

Peggy was admitted to the hospital for congestive heart failure.  When she was being admitted, the hospital used a cotton swab to test Peggy for the presence of disease and infection.  The results showed that Peggy had MRSA (methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus) when she was admitted to the hospital.  She stayed in the hospital for three days, during which time she was your patient.  You helped her to keep up her strength and walk around the nurse’s station.  When she was discharged from the hospital, she was tested again for the presence of disease and infection.  The results showed that Peggy had both MRSA and VRE (vancomycin resistant enterococci) when she was discharged from the hospital. Which of the following organisms is considered the HAI (healthcare-associated infection)?

During the Acceleration phase, which of the following best describes the ankle?

All of the following gait deviations can be seen during the gait cycle of a patient with which weak muscle group?  Gait deviations:  foot slap, foot drop, steppage gait

When measuring blood pressure, the first sound that you hear when deflating the bladder is which of the following?

What is the normal value for hip adduction? [BLANK-1]

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?