EARS Flashcards
- INSPECT and PALPATE: (1st one in EARS)
- INSPECT and PALPATE: auricles and mastoid for tenderness, swelling, or lesions.
- __________: auricles and mastoid for tenderness, swelling, or lesions.
INSPECT and PALPATE
- INSPECT with OTOSCOPE: (2nd one in EARS)
- INSPECT with OTOSCOPE: auditory canal for erythema, discharge, lesions, or foreign bodies.
- __________: auditory canal for erythema, discharge, lesions, or foreign bodies.
INSPECT with OTOSCOPE
- INSPECT with OTOSCOPE: (3rd one in EARS)
- INSPECT with OTOSCOPE: tympanic membrane for color, contour, landmarks, perforations and fluid.
- ___________: tympanic membrane for color, contour, landmarks, perforations and fluid.
INSPECT with OTOSCOPE
- TEST: (4th one in EARS, 1st test)
4a. PERFORM
- TEST: hearing.
a. PERFORM: whisper test. Instruct patient to occlude contralateral ear. (CN VIII)
- ______: hearing. (310-311)
a. _______: whisper test. Instruct patient to occlude contralateral ear. (CN VIII)
TEST
PERFORM
5b. PERFORM: (5th one in EARS, 2nd test)
5b. PERFORM Weber Test. Instruct patient to indicate which ear the sound is heard louder or are they equal. (CN VIII)
5b. ______ Weber Test. Instruct patient to indicate which ear the sound is heard louder or are they equal. (CN VIII)
PERFORM
5c. PERFORM (5th one in EARS, 3rd test)
5c. Perform Rinne test. Time bone conduction and air conduction then compare. [Target time AC to BC is a 2:1 ratio]
5c. ______ Rinne test. Time bone conduction and air conduction then compare. [Target time AC to BC is a 2:1 ratio]
PERFORM
What structures will you INSPECT with an OTOSCOPE?
Auditory canal and tympanic membrane
What tests will you PERFORM to TEST hearing?
Whisper Test, Weber Test, Rinne Test
