Comprehensive Head to Toe

Question 1

General inspection includes?

Answer 1

Appropriate Introduction
Wash hands or foam in
Inspect general appearance

Question 1

Upper Extremities assessment includes?

Answer 1

Inspect hands, nails, skin, dorsum, palm
Inspect ROM of wrists and fingers, check grip strength
Inspect ROM of elbows and shoulders, check “push pulls”

Question 2

Eyes assessment includes?

Answer 2

Check visual acuity
inspect lids, conjunctiva, sclera
Check visual fields by confrontation
Examine extraocular movements
Examine pupil function (PERRLA) and consensual reactions with light
Examine fundus with ophthalmoscope
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Question 3

Head assessment includes?

Answer 3

Palpate scalp
Palpate and name lymph nodes
Palpate sinuses (frontal and maxillary)
Palpate masseter muscle
Palpate TMJ
Palpate temporal pulse
Wrinkle forehead, puff cheeks, show teeth, stick out tongue
Light and sharp touch facial areas

Question 4

Ears assessment includes?

Answer 4

Examine external ear and auditory canal, using otoscope
Evaluate gross hearing

Question 5

Nose assessment includes?

Answer 5

Examine nose, turbinates

Question 6

Mouth assessment includes?

Answer 6

Examine tongue, floor of the mouth, buccal surfaces, teeth, gums

Question 7

Throat assessment includes?

Answer 7

Examine uvula, tonsils, posterior pharynx
Palpate thyroid

Question 8

Anterior thorax assessment includes?

Answer 8

Inspect for symmetry and respiratory effort
Palpate for tactile fremitus
Percussion of anterior lungs
Auscultate anterior lungs

Question 9

Posterior Thorax assessment includes?

Answer 9

Palpate for tactile fremitus
Percuss posterior and lateral lungs
Auscultate posterior and lateral lungs

Question 10

Back assessment includes

Answer 10

Inspect and palpate spine
Inspect ROM of Neck
Percuss for CVA tenderness

Question 11

Neck assessment includes?

Answer 11

Inspect neck veins
Locate Jugular venous wave/pulse
Palpate carotid pulse
Auscultate carotid arteries

Question 12

Anterior chest assessment includes?

Answer 12

Inspect precordium for lifts or heaves
Palpate precordium
Locate PMI
Auscultate heart in APETMA
Auscultate mitral area in left lateral

Question 13

Abdomen assessment includes

Answer 13

Inspect abdomen
Auscultate bowel sounds - starting at LLQ
Auscultate aorta, renal and femoral arteries

Question 14

Percuss abdomen for?

Answer 14

Liver
Gastric bubble
Bowel

Question 15

Palpate abdomen for?

Answer 15

light/deep
liver
spleen
inguinal nodes
femoral pulses

Question 16

Lower extremities assessment includes?

Answer 16

inspect legs and feet
Perform ROM of hips knees ankles
Palpate pedal pulses DP and PT
Test Achilles reflex
Test patellar reflex
test plantar reflex
heel to shin
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Question 17

Upper extremity reflex assessments includes?

Answer 17

Test biceps reflex
Test triceps reflex

Question 18

Testing for leg strength includes?

Answer 18

Quads/lower legs
ankle
toe movements

Question 19

Gross Neuro Assessment includes?

Answer 19

Test finger to nose
Test rapid alternating movements (gross and fine)
Test proprioception in feet
test vibratory sense in feet

Question 20

Standing assessments include?

Answer 20

Test for pronator drift
Test romberg
perform heel to toe walk (tandem walk)
Perform heel walk

Question 21

Specialty test

Answer 21

Anterior Drawer test
Checking for Anterior Cruciate Ligament Stability

Question 22

Lymph Nodes to palpate are the?

Answer 22

Auricular (pre, post)
Occipital
Cervical (superficial, posterior, deep)
Tonsillar
Submandibular
Submental
Supraclavicular