I'm Kyle Rice, awful test taker turned physical therapists and standardized test coach for over 5,000 physical therapists worldwide.

It wasn't that long ago that I struggle with anxiety, lack of confidence, and the fear of failing the NPTE.

Fast forward through the challenges, the 13 standardized test failures, and many lessons learn, and you'll see the life

I have today, a life filled with love, financial freedom, and a dream job that allows me to

change lives every single day. I created the NPTE Clinical Files podcast to give you simple,

actionable strategies, along with a step-by-step walkthrough of NPTE-based questions.

All of this so that you can dominate your exam like I did and achieve your dream.

So if you're a driven PT student who's looking to pass the NPTE and start creating a life

you love, you're in the right place.

Enjoy the show.

For this week's clinical file, we have Gents, and Gents is being trained in assessing a patient's blood pressure in the

lower extremity using the popliteal artery. To accurately identify the highest pressure

exerted by blood on the arterial wall, the student should be instructed to listen

for.

So we have A. Sudden muffling with a soft blowing quality.

B. A second round of intense rhythmic tapping after a brief pause.

C. a murmur or swishing sound.

And D is the first clear, faint rhythmic tapping sounds.

All right. So let's go up to the top of this question. We got a little blood pressure action going on.

Now, this is one of the topics that I would tend to get wrong before. And it's so crazy because

blood pressure seems to be so basic, especially like the procedure

of it.

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