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 Tenaya, and Tenaya was admitted to the acute care hospital with community

acquired pneumonia. She reports shortness of breath and fatigue. Oskiltation reveals decreased

breath sounds in the right lower lobe and an SPO2 that drops from 95% to 88% with exertion.

Resting vital signs are a heart rate of 92 beats per minute, a blood pressure of 142 over 86

millimeters of mercury, a respiratory rate of 22 breasts per minute, which finding requires the most

immediate communication with the medical team. So we have, A, decreased breath sounds in the right

lower lobe, B, blood pressure of 142 over 86 millimeters of mercury, C, resting respiratory rate

of 22 breasts per minute, And D is oxygen desaturation

to 88% with exertion. All right. Let's go up to the top of this question. This is a good one

inside of the pulmonary area, cardio pulmonary. We need to definitely know what findings cause us to alert the medical team immediately or contact the physician or contact the nurse.

These are major questions that come up on your practice exams and all of that.

So definitely want to keep this in mind.

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