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True/False: Those with heart failure can improve:-Muscular strength-Muscular endurance-Cardiorespiratory fitness-Quality of life

True/False: Resistance training is indicated for those who have had stent placement and for those who have had coronary artery bypass surgery. Although those with stent placement may begin resistance training sooner post-surgery, they have the same suggested set, repetition, and intensity ranges than those with coronary artery bypass surgery. 

Clark Kent was injured while saving Lois Lane (again). He was on bed rest for two weeks and today is his first day back training with you, his exercise physiologist. You are starting him out with a very light aerobic workout: walk at 67 m/min at a 1.5% grade for 45 minutes. Enter the energy expenditure in terms of VO2 ml/kg/min. Round to the nearest whole number and do not include units in your answer.  Equations:Age predicted maximum heart rate = 220 – age Intensity: Percent of age predicted heart rate maximum = (220 – age) × (% intensity ÷ 100) Heart rate reserve = (HRmax/peak – HRrest) × (% intensity ÷ 100) + HRrest VO2 Reserve = (VO2max/peak – VO2rest) × (% intensity ÷ 100) + VO2rest Metabolic Equations: Walking: VO2 = 3.5 + (0.1 × speed) + (1.8 × speed × grade)​ Jogging: VO2 = 3.5 + (0.2 × speed) + (0.9 × speed × grade)​

Wonder Woman has a resting heart rate of 48 bpm. Prescribe a target heart rate for her using 45% to 65% of her heart rate reserve. Her known peak heart rate is 167 bpm. The lower range of heart rate reserve is [low] bpm and the higher range is [high] bpm. 

True/False: High Intensity Interval training is appropriate for a selected subsection of individuals with heart failure. 

During pregnancy increased joint laxity and subsequent risk of dislocation, which of the following activities should be approached with caution? 

The inability of a valve to completely open is known as

Over the first 4–6 weeks of an exercise program, it is recommended to increase exercise duration by how much every 1–2 weeks?

You enter the ICU and are alerted by a series of low-pressure alarms being triggered in room 542. The RT should check the patient and the ventilator for all of the following except:

A spontaneously breathing patient has the following arterial blood gas results: pH 7.33, PaCO2 52 mm Hg, PaO2 56 mm Hg, FIO2 60%. The best action to normalize the blood gas results is: