Categories Flashcards
1
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Hands & Shoulders
A
Inspect hands & arms Palmate hands & arms Push down on shoulders ROM cerebellar test (fingers to thumb) Touch nose to pen light
2
Q
Head
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Inspect for symmetry Inspect/palpating scalp Ask if anything abnormal (hair loss, headaches etc) Lymph nodes Tissue turtle Facial expressions
3
Q
Eyes
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PERRLA (round/equal eyes) Pupillary construction Corneal light reflex (shine on nose) Accommodation (light to curtain focus) 6 cardinal fields of gaze (X movement)
4
Q
Nose
A
Look up nose
Palmate maxillary and frontal sinus
Smell test
5
Q
Mouth
A
Stick tongue out
Use tongue depressor push tongue
Say “ahh”
6
Q
Ears
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Inspect alignment, behind, & pinna
Use otoscope to see membrane
7
Q
Neck
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Look up, inspect trachea
Swallow
Auscultate carotids w bell
Palmate carotids
8
Q
Back/Spine
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Inspect (moles, bruises) Feel for Adam's apple Palmate thyroid (swallow during) Chest symmetry movement while breathing Check A:P (2:1 ratio) Percuss 12 lung spots (resonant) Auscultate 12 lung sounds w diaphragm
9
Q
Misc
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Look up, inspect pulsing of carotids
Chest skin integrity
Maintain privaxy
10
Q
Chest
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Check heart sounds
Name way to apical pulse
Count apical pulse for 1 min
11
Q
Abdomen
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Inspect (symmetry, bumps, lesions etc) Auscultate abdominal arteries w bell Auscultate stomach sounds Palmate &a check femorals Auscultate femorals Perccuss liver Percuss abdominal quadrants Lightly palmate quadrants
If no pain, palate swelter
12
Q
Legs
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Inspect skin Assess for edema Check popliteal pulse, posterior tibialis, dorsal pedis Toe capillary refill Sharp and dull pokes
13
Q
Standing
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Romberg test
Walk to curtain
Walk back to bed (heel to toe)
Give Braden scale
