CORRECT ANSWERS|LATEST
1. What is PMI?
2. Where is it?
3. What do you do if you can't find it? - ANSWER 1. Point of maximum impulse
2. 5th ICS, MCL
3. Left lateral decubitus position (roll to left side). Consider thick chest wall, obesity,
COPD.
-PMI is displaced usually laterally, indicates Increased LV volume.
What is the test/sign associated with scenario:
A 17 year old football player with knee pain after a twisting type injury; has reduced
ROM and reports the knee locks. - ANSWER McMurray Test
(Meniscal Tear)
What is the test/sign associated with scenario:
A 15 year old basketball player with a history of multiple ankle sprains; feels ankle
roles inward more easily; ankle pain. - ANSWER Talar Tilt
(ankle instability)
What is the test/sign associated with scenario:
1
, A 52 year old man who constantly uses a soldering iron throughout day; feels
numbness, tingling, weakness in dominant hand. - ANSWER Tinel's sign
(work-related problem, repetitive motion, carpel tunnel syndrome).
What is the test/sign associated with scenario:
An 18 year old soccer player experiences sudden knee pain and swelling after
changing direction. Rapidly. Hearing a popping noise has reduced ROM. -
ANSWER Lachman test
(ACL tear)
What is the test/sign associated with scenario:
A 62 year old with history of spondylolisthesis and experiences low back pain that
radiates to the leg and feet, with numbness and muscle weakness. -
ANSWER Straight-leg raising test
(Lumbar nerve root compression).
What is the test/sign associated with scenario:
A 32 year old with neck pain following a motor vehicle accident. Tingling and
numbness runs down shoulder, arm and to the thumb. - ANSWER Spurling Test
(Cervical nerve root compression).
What is the test/sign associated with scenario:
2
1. What is PMI?
2. Where is it?
3. What do you do if you can't find it? - ANSWER 1. Point of maximum impulse
2. 5th ICS, MCL
3. Left lateral decubitus position (roll to left side). Consider thick chest wall, obesity,
COPD.
-PMI is displaced usually laterally, indicates Increased LV volume.
What is the test/sign associated with scenario:
A 17 year old football player with knee pain after a twisting type injury; has reduced
ROM and reports the knee locks. - ANSWER McMurray Test
(Meniscal Tear)
What is the test/sign associated with scenario:
A 15 year old basketball player with a history of multiple ankle sprains; feels ankle
roles inward more easily; ankle pain. - ANSWER Talar Tilt
(ankle instability)
What is the test/sign associated with scenario:
1
, A 52 year old man who constantly uses a soldering iron throughout day; feels
numbness, tingling, weakness in dominant hand. - ANSWER Tinel's sign
(work-related problem, repetitive motion, carpel tunnel syndrome).
What is the test/sign associated with scenario:
An 18 year old soccer player experiences sudden knee pain and swelling after
changing direction. Rapidly. Hearing a popping noise has reduced ROM. -
ANSWER Lachman test
(ACL tear)
What is the test/sign associated with scenario:
A 62 year old with history of spondylolisthesis and experiences low back pain that
radiates to the leg and feet, with numbness and muscle weakness. -
ANSWER Straight-leg raising test
(Lumbar nerve root compression).
What is the test/sign associated with scenario:
A 32 year old with neck pain following a motor vehicle accident. Tingling and
numbness runs down shoulder, arm and to the thumb. - ANSWER Spurling Test
(Cervical nerve root compression).
What is the test/sign associated with scenario:
2
