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In 'Ask', what should you do?
Ans: Welcome letter, informed consent, pre-participation
health screening, gain insight on client's goals, explain CSEP -
PATH options, confirm scope of assessment, measure RHR and
RBP
When should you obtain informed consent from the client?
Ans: prior to collecting any personal health information
What options are available to the client undertaking a CSEP-PATH
appointment?
Ans: 1. full assessment - pre-screen + anthropometry measures
+ aerobic fitness test + MSK tests
2. partial assessment - pre-screen + anthropometry measures +
one of aerobic/MSK fitness
3. informal meeting
At a minimum, what should the welcome package include?
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Ans: welcome letter, informed consent, GAQ, AAL-Q
as appropriate - GAQ reference doc, GAQ for pregnancy and
health care provider consultation form for prenatal physical
activity
what should the client know when signing the informed consent form?
Ans: ensure that they are aware of the assessment/session,
their rights and responsibilities, etc. ensure full understanding
can the QEP get the client to sign the informed consent form?
Ans: yes, but they need to have a witness
regardless of the answers provided on page 1 of the GAQ, it is
important to ask all clients what two questions?
Ans: do you have a suspected or diagnosed medical condition?
do you currently take any medications?
what is the GAQ used for?
Ans: helps identify clients who need to speak to a health care
provider before becoming more physically active
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generally, the QEP can proceed to assessing the client IF...
Ans: NO to all questions or established that the client has a
lower-risk medical condition AND resting HR and BP are below
cutoffs
what is the purpose of measuring RHR?
Ans: indicator of cardiorespiratory fitness b/c it tends to be
lower for those who are more aerobically fit
walk me through taking someone's RHR
Ans: - client has abided by the preliminary instructions and is
ready for RHR measurement
- 5min sit and rest w/ feet flat on floor
- ask permission to touch
- 15s count starting first beat as '0', calculate bpm
- if greater or equal to 100bpm, ask to sit 5min and repeat, if
still over 100, refer them
walk me through the instructions for measuring a client's RBP
Ans: - ensure client has abided the preliminary instructions and
is ready
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- client sit w/ back against chair, feet flat, ankles uncrossed,
arm resting on table for 5 min (height of table should allow for
midpoint of upper arm to be level of heart)
- ask permission to touch
- rapid inflate to 70, go up by 10 until radial pulse no longer
palpable, then inflate another 20-30
- release at about 2mmHg/second
- if SBP >= 160 and/or DBP is >=90, wait 5min and try again
what should you do if your client's resting systolic BP is greater than
140 but less than 160 and don't have diagnosed hypertension?
Ans: encourage client to discuss w/ their physician, still
proceed w/ assessment
what is the minimum measure of blood pressure required?
Ans: 80/50 mmHg
for clients needing medical clearance before proceeding w/ the fitness
assessment, what form is necessary?
Ans: physician guidance for physical activity form
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CSEP-CPT: Practical Questions and
Correct Answers/ Latest Update / Already
Graded
In 'Ask', what should you do?
Ans: Welcome letter, informed consent, pre-participation
health screening, gain insight on client's goals, explain CSEP -
PATH options, confirm scope of assessment, measure RHR and
RBP
When should you obtain informed consent from the client?
Ans: prior to collecting any personal health information
What options are available to the client undertaking a CSEP-PATH
appointment?
Ans: 1. full assessment - pre-screen + anthropometry measures
+ aerobic fitness test + MSK tests
2. partial assessment - pre-screen + anthropometry measures +
one of aerobic/MSK fitness
3. informal meeting
At a minimum, what should the welcome package include?
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Ans: welcome letter, informed consent, GAQ, AAL-Q
as appropriate - GAQ reference doc, GAQ for pregnancy and
health care provider consultation form for prenatal physical
activity
what should the client know when signing the informed consent form?
Ans: ensure that they are aware of the assessment/session,
their rights and responsibilities, etc. ensure full understanding
can the QEP get the client to sign the informed consent form?
Ans: yes, but they need to have a witness
regardless of the answers provided on page 1 of the GAQ, it is
important to ask all clients what two questions?
Ans: do you have a suspected or diagnosed medical condition?
do you currently take any medications?
what is the GAQ used for?
Ans: helps identify clients who need to speak to a health care
provider before becoming more physically active
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generally, the QEP can proceed to assessing the client IF...
Ans: NO to all questions or established that the client has a
lower-risk medical condition AND resting HR and BP are below
cutoffs
what is the purpose of measuring RHR?
Ans: indicator of cardiorespiratory fitness b/c it tends to be
lower for those who are more aerobically fit
walk me through taking someone's RHR
Ans: - client has abided by the preliminary instructions and is
ready for RHR measurement
- 5min sit and rest w/ feet flat on floor
- ask permission to touch
- 15s count starting first beat as '0', calculate bpm
- if greater or equal to 100bpm, ask to sit 5min and repeat, if
still over 100, refer them
walk me through the instructions for measuring a client's RBP
Ans: - ensure client has abided the preliminary instructions and
is ready
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- client sit w/ back against chair, feet flat, ankles uncrossed,
arm resting on table for 5 min (height of table should allow for
midpoint of upper arm to be level of heart)
- ask permission to touch
- rapid inflate to 70, go up by 10 until radial pulse no longer
palpable, then inflate another 20-30
- release at about 2mmHg/second
- if SBP >= 160 and/or DBP is >=90, wait 5min and try again
what should you do if your client's resting systolic BP is greater than
140 but less than 160 and don't have diagnosed hypertension?
Ans: encourage client to discuss w/ their physician, still
proceed w/ assessment
what is the minimum measure of blood pressure required?
Ans: 80/50 mmHg
for clients needing medical clearance before proceeding w/ the fitness
assessment, what form is necessary?
Ans: physician guidance for physical activity form
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