Gold Standard Grind
Clinical Call: Normal, Abnormal, or It Depends
Measurement Tools
Respiratory System
Cardiovascular System
100

This must be developed within 30-days of the initial assessment and updated every 30-days thereafter.

What is an Individual Treatment Plan (ITP)?

100

BP of 118/76 mmHg in a stable cardiac rehab patient.

What is Normal? (ACSM normal BP: <120/<80

100
Age adjusted maximum heart rate formula.

What is 220-age?

100

The major muscle used for ventilation.

What is the diaphragm?

100

Valve separating the left atrium and left ventricle.

What is the mitral valve?

200

Before a patient begins their first exercise session, this must be completed to establish baseline metrics and risk.

What is the Initial Assessment?

200

SpO2 drops to 87% during ambulation in a COPD patient. 

What is Abnormal? (ACSM: Stop exercise if SpO2 <88%)

200
This is commonly used and a convenient measure of activity intensity used for prescribing and monitoring exercise for our patients.

What is the MET scale?

200

Little air sacs in the lungs are called?

What are alveoli? 
200

Primary pacemaker of the heart.

What is the SA node?

300

This non-physical domain must be measured at program entry and program discharge to meet AACVPR's requirements. 

What is the Psychosocial domain?

300

A patient's SBP rises from 120 to 172 mmHg during steady-state aerobic exercise.

What is It Depends?

ACSM: Normal HR/SBP rise is expected--depends on intensity, medications, fitness level

300

Your patient walked 1050 feet at his initial evaluation. What was his pace?

What is 1.98 mph?

300

Divides the upper and lower airways.

What is the larynx/ vocal cords?

300

The amount of blood the heart pumps per minute.

What is cardiac output?

400

According to AACVPR, staff involved in exercise supervision must have this credentialing.

What is an ACLS-certified healthcare provider? (EP, RRT, RN)

400

Ejection Fraction of 45%.

What is abnormal, low?

400

What is the technique used to interrupt ventricular fibrillation and restore normal heart rhythm by delivering electric shocks.

What is Defibrillation?

400

Name the 3 structures that make up the upper respiratory tract.

What is the nasal cavity, pharynx, and larynx.

400

Low levels of exertion cause extreme fatigue with this condition.

What is heart failure?

500

To meet certification requirements, programs must use validated tools for physical function and psychosocial.

What are the 6MWT and PHQ-9?

500

Patient has chest tightness, HR of 162 BPM, and SBP drop of 20 mmHg during exercise on the treadmill.

What is 

500

How many minutes of moderate intensity exercise is recommended every week by AHA?

What is 150 minutes?
500

Breath sound characterized by continuous "musical" or whistling sound with a variety of pitches during inspiration and expiration.

What is wheeze/wheezing?

500

Vessel that supplies deoxygenated blood to the right atrium from the upper body.

What is the superior vena cava?

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