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What does effusion mean? What does edema mean? List two characteristics of each.

Which of the following is a sign of pulmonary embolism?

When does pain become chronic?

A physical therapist assistant legally cannot perform which of the following duties?

Your patient is a lawyer and is court most days of the week. Her office is located a few blocks from the courthouse and she walks from both places to get her steps in and clear her head. She wears high heeled shoes and has “tweaked” her ankle several times. Two weeks ago she states she “tweaked” it when she was late for a session and tried to run in her shoes. She did PRICE and has tried to take it easy, however, it did not get better and she had a MRI performed. It showed that she had a Grade II ankle sprain. Choose all of the correct descriptions below.

Shaun Anderson, SPTA, is performing Grade I & II joint mobilizations on a patient with shoulder pain. He is following with PROM and incorporating minimal over pressure. As soon as Shaun reaches end range of motion the patient complains of pain. What is the phase of inflammation the patient has presented?

According to the “Heart Attack Pain Diagram” there are eight early warning signs of a heart attack. Provide four.

Match the pathology with the patient complaint of pain or symptom presented.

Identify five ways a PTA can establish rapport with a patient which was highlighted in your Canvas module powerpoint and video lecture.

Two important factors to keep in mind about inflammation is that inflammation is a(n)