Cranial I

Question 1

vault hold

Answer 1

• index fingers over greater wings of sphenoid - 5th digit on lateral angles of occiput - 3rd and 4th fingers in front and back of ear - thumbs either resting lightly on top of skull along saginttal suture, or slightly above skull in mid air palms should not be resting on skull

Question 2

fronto-occiptal hold: head of table

Answer 2

• one hand under patient’s occiput cupping lightly - occipital angles are on fingertips and thenar or hypothenar eminences - top hand has middle finger over greater wing

Question 3

fronto-occipital hold: side of table

Answer 3

top hand has thumb side over brow

Question 4

temporal hold

Answer 4

• one hand on top of the other, cradling occiput - thumbs behind ears and under mastoid processes