Clinical Skills Flashcards
what is the correct patient position for pelvic examination?
supine
bend knees
heels together
let knees fall apart
what can be demonstrated by asking a woman to cough during pelvic examination?
stress incontinence
prolapse
what is cervical excitation?
pain on palpation of the cervix
what examination should be performed prior to bimanual examination?
abdominal
what does a nulliparous cervix look like?
cervical os = small round dimple
what does a multiparous cervix look like?
cervical os = small line
what is the normal colour of a cervix?
pink
what colour is the cervix in cervicitis?
bright red
what is the redder part of the cervix around the os called?
ectropion
where is swabbed with the blue swab?
vagina
what does the blue swab test for?
trichomonas vaginalis
bacterial vaginosis
where is swabbed with the orange swab?
vulvovaginal swab
what does the orange swab test for?
chlamydia
gonorrhoea
what is gravida?
the total number of pregnancies
what is the first number in parity?
number of pregnancies beyond 24 weeks and those ending before 24 weeks with signs of life
