ABCDE Method
NPTE Clinical Files | Physical Therapy
Kyle Rice
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🗓️ 4 November 2020
⏱️ 11 minutes
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During a routine skin check, Logan finds a suspicious discoloration on the patient’s back that is 8mm in size. The borders are asymmetrical and irregular. According to the ABCDE method, which of the following should be assessed NEXT:
A. Cancer stage
B. Current diet
C. Early signs of tenderness to palpation
D. Evolving size or shape
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Kyle Rice, awful test taker turned physical therapists and standardized test coach for over 5,000 physical therapists worldwide. |
| 0:09.0 | It wasn't that long ago that I struggle with anxiety, lack of confidence, and the fear of failing the NPTE. |
| 0:15.0 | Fast forward through the challenges, the 13 standardized test failures, and many lessons learn. And you'll see the life |
| 0:22.4 | I have today, a life filled with love, financial freedom, and a dream job that allows me to |
| 0:27.8 | change lives every single day. I created the NPTE Clinical Files podcast to give you simple, |
| 0:34.4 | actionable strategies, along with a step-by-step walkthrough of NPTE-based questions. |
| 0:40.5 | All of this so that you can dominate your exam like I did and achieve your dream. |
| 0:45.5 | So if you're a driven PT student who's looking to pass the NPTE and start creating a life |
| 0:50.9 | you love, you're in the right place. |
| 0:53.1 | Enjoy the show. |
| 0:56.1 | For this week's clinical file, |
| 1:01.0 | we have Logan, but it's not starting that way, y'all. Usually I start the question off with this week's clinical file is, you know, no. Today, it says during a routine skin check, |
| 1:07.8 | Logan finds a suspicious discoloration on the patient's back that is 8 millimeters |
| 1:14.1 | in size. The borders are asymmetrical and irregular. According to the A, B, C, D, E method, |
| 1:22.4 | which of the following should be assessed next? So we have A, cancer stage, B, current diet, C, early signs of tenderness to palpation, |
| 1:33.4 | and D is evolving size or shape. Let's go up to the top of this. Man, I messed my own self up, y'all. |
| 1:41.0 | I've been doing this for how long now, Like two and a half, almost three years, |
| 1:45.7 | and I just messed up the beginning of it. Okay, let's start this off again. It says during a |
| 1:52.1 | routine skin check. I'm going to stop there. I know there's a comma, but I'm going to stop there. |
| 1:56.9 | When you're getting prepared for the MPTE, you got to know about routine skin checks for your |
| 2:02.8 | patients because we got to know when to refer the patient out, right? And so as we go down |
| 2:07.7 | this question, it says, Logan finds a suspicious decoloration on the patient's back that is |
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