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CLASS 2 - HEENT Flashcards

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HEENT

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  • Head
  • Ears
  • Eyes
  • Nose
  • Throat
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HEENT ASSESSMENT FACTORS

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  • Skull
  • Face
  • Neck
  • Thyroid
  • Regional lymphatics
  • Blood supply
  • Eyes and ears
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SUBJECTIVE DATA ASSESSMENT

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  • Past medical history
  • Family history
  • Health maintenance
  • Personal and social
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COMMON/CONCERNING HEAD ASSESSMENT SYMPTOMS

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  • Headache

- History of head injury

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COMMON/CONCERNING EYE ASSESSMENT SYMPTOMS

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  • Injury
  • Visual disturbances
  • Spots (scotomas)
  • Flashing lights
  • Use of corrective lenses
  • Pain
  • Redness
  • Excessive tearing
  • Double vision
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COMMON/CONCERNING EAR ASSESSMENT SYMPTOMS

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  • Ringing (tinnitus)
  • Hearing loss
  • Pain
  • Discharge
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COMMON/CONCERNING NOSE ASSESSMENT SYMPTOMS

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  • Drainage (rhinorrhea)
  • Congestion
  • Sneezing
  • Nose bleeds (epistaxis)
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COMMON/CONCERNING OROPHARYNX ASSESSMENT SYMPTOMS

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  • Soreness
  • Gum bleeding
  • Hoarseness
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COMMON/CONCERNING NECK/THYROID ASSESSMENT SYMPTOMS

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  • Lumps
  • Pain
  • Stiffness
  • Temperature intolerance
  • Excessive sweating
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HEAD INJURY PREVENTION

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  • Decrease head injuries (concussion identification, use of seat belts/helmets)
  • Reduce fall injures (playground safety, home safety)
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ORAL HEALTH PREVENTION

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  • Decrease dental caries and periodontal disease)
  • Increase detection of oral pharyngeal cancers
  • Decrease use of tobacco products that increase risk for oral cancer
  • Increase number of people receiving dental and oral care
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HEAD INSPECTION ASSESSMENT

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  • Symmetry
  • Hair distribution, quantity
  • Scalp: scaling, nevi (separate hair)
  • Skull: size and contour
  • Face: expression, contours
  • Skin: color, pigmentation, hair distribution, lesions
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HEAD PALPATION ASSESSMENT

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  • Hair texture
  • Skull: lumps, tenderness
  • Face: sinuses
  • Skin: texture, temperature
  • TMJ
  • Temporal arteries
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NOSE/SINUSES INSPECTION ASSESSMENT

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  • Anterior and interior surface: asymmetry or deformity
  • Inside of nose using otoscope: mucosa color, swelling bleeding, exudate, polyps
  • Inside of nose using otoscope: septum deviation, inflammation, perforation
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NOSE/SINUSES PALPATION ASSESSMENT

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  • Palpate frontal and maxillary sinus with circular motions for tenderness, inflammation, or pain
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MOUTH/PARYNX INSPECTION ASSESSMENT FACTORS

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  • Lips
  • Oral mucosa
  • Gums and teeth
  • Roof of mouth
  • Tongue and floor of mouth
  • Pharynx: soft palate, anterior and posterior pillars, uvula, tonsils, pharynx
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LIP INSPECTION ASSESSMENT

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  • Color
  • Moisture
  • Lumps
  • Ulcers
  • Cracking
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ORAL MUCOSA INSPECTION ASSESSMENT

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  • Color
  • Ulcers
  • Nodules
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GUMS AND TEETH INSPECTION ASSESSMENT

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  • Color
  • Presence/position of teeth
  • Color of gums
  • Bleeding gums
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ROOF OF MOUTH INSPECTION ASSESSMENT

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  • Color
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TONGUE AND FLOOR OF MOUTH INSPECTION ASSESSMENT

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  • Color
  • Texture
  • Ulcers
  • Nodules
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PHARYNX INSPECTION ASSESSMENT

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  • Color
  • Symmetry
  • Presence of exudate
  • Swelling
  • Ulceration
  • Tonsillar enlargement
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TONSIL GRADING SCALE

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  • +1: Tonsils are visible
  • +2: Tonsils are between the pillars and the uvula
  • +3: Tonsils are touching uvula
  • +4: One or both tonsils extend to the midline of the oropharynx
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NECK INSPECTION ASSESSMENT FACTORS

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  • Symmetry
  • Masses
  • Scars
  • Enlarged lymph nodes
  • Position and alignment of trachea
  • Symmetry of thyroid gland
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NECK PALPATION ASSESSMENT FACTORS

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  • Lymph nodes: pre auricular, posterior auricular, occipital, tonsillar, submandibular, submental, superficial cervical, posterior cervical, deep cervical chain, supraclavicular
  • Thyroid gland
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LYMPH NODE PALPATION ASSESSMENT

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  • Gentle, circular motion using finger pads
  • Size
  • Shape
  • Delimitation
  • Mobility
  • Consistency
  • Tenderness
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PREAURICULAR LYMPH NODE ANATOMY

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  • Front of the ear
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POSTERIOR AURICULAR LYMPH NODE ANATOMY

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  • Superficial to the mastoid process
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OCCIPITAL LYMPH NODE ANATOMY

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  • At the base of the skull
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TONSILLAR LYMPH NODE ANATOMY

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  • Under the angle of the mandible
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SUBMANDIBULAR LYMPH NODE ANATOMY

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  • Halfway between the angle and the tip of the mandible
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SUBMENTAL LYMPH NODE ANATOMY

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  • Midline, behind the tip of the mandible
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SUPERFICIAL CERVICAL LYMPH NODE ANATOMY

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  • Overlying the sternomastoid muscle
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POSTERIOR CERVICAL LYMPH NODE ANATOMY

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  • In the posterior triangle along the edge of the trapezius muscle
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DEEP CERVICAL CHAIN LYMPH NODE ANATOMY

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  • Deep under the sternomastoid muscle
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SUPRACLAVICULAR LYMPH NODE ANATOMY

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  • Just above and behind the clavicle
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THYROID GLAND PALPATION ASSESSMENT

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  • Posterior approach: stand behind patient and have them swallow
  • THYROID SHOULD NOT BE PALPABLE
  • Consistency
  • Masses
  • Tenderness
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EAR INSPECTION ASSESSMENT

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  • Auricle & ear canal for lesions
  • Signs of infection
  • Tympanic membrane for landmarks, fluid
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EAR PALPATION ASSESSMENT

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  • Auricle for tenderness with movement

- Mastoid bone behind ear

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EAR WHISPER ASSESSMENT

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  • Palpate and move tragus slightly

- Two syllabus word whispered in other ear

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EAR AIR AND BONE CONDUCTION ASSESSMENT

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  • Weber: strike sound, hold on head between ears (lateralization of sound? - conduction loss)
  • Rinee: comparing time of air vs. bone conduction
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T/F: Air conduction > bone conduction

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  • True
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OTITIS MEDIA

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  • Fluid or infection in the middle of the ear
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OTITIS EXTERNA

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  • Fluid or infection on the outside of the ear
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STRABISMUS

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  • One eye goes the opposite way (lazy eye)
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PTOSIS

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  • Drooping eyelid that covers more than 50% of the eye
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SNELLEN EYE CHART ASSESSMENT

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  • Person 20 feet from the chart (or 6 feet from card)
  • Cover one eye and read smallest line of letters possible
  • Example: 20/30 -1 with glasses
  • Person missed one letter (can only have 2 misses on a line)
  • Can read at 20 feet what normal eye can see from 30 feet away
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VISUAL FIELDS (CONFRONTATION) EYE ASSESSMENT

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  • Tests patient’s peripheral vision
  • Stand in front of patient and look directly into provider eyes
  • Wiggle fingers in bowl-like pattern that covers all fields
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EXTRAOCULAR MOVEMENTS (EOM’S) EYE ASSESSMENT

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  • Eyes coordinated by 6 muscles and 3 cranial nerves (III, IV, VI)
  • Patient look forward only moving eyes
  • “H” pattern
  • Look for eyes moving in parallel fashion and nystagmus (beats of the eye)
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CORNEAL LIGHT REFLEX EYE ASSESSMENT

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  • Tests for alignment of eyes
  • Patient look forward and shine light 12” away
  • Reflection of light on corneas should be the same spot in each eye
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COVER/UNCOVER EYE ASSESSMENT

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  • Assesses for weak muscles in eye
  • Straight ahead as one eye is covered
  • Uncovering the eye it should still be parallel to the other eye
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DIRECT AND CONSENSUAL EYE ASSESSMENT

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  • Tests sensory paths controlled by cranial nerve III
  • Bright light to see pupil constriction (direct)
  • Shine light again on same eye and watch other eye (consensual)
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ACCOMMODATION EYE ASSESSMENT

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  • Assessing muscles of the lens
  • Look at distant object (pupils dilate)
  • Shift gaze to your finger held 3 inches from their eyes (pupils constrict)
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PERRLA

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  • Pupils Equal and Round, Reactive to Light and Accommodation
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RED REFLEX EYE ASSESSMENT

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  • Test for reflection of light off the inner retina
  • Shine opthalamascope in eye and see red
  • If no red is seen, could mean retinal detachment

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