Francis Tuttle Physical Assessment

Question 1

Temperature range

Answer 1

97.6-99 or 36.4 C to 37.2 C

Question 2

Respiration Rate

Answer 2

12-20

Question 3

BP range

Answer 3

60/90 to 140/90

Question 4

Dz that cause fine crackles

Answer 4

Pulmonary edema/atelectasis

Question 5

fine crackles sounds like

Answer 5

hair between you fingers on end inspiration

Question 6

Coarse crackles sounds like

Answer 6

snoring/rumbling

Question 7

Dz that cause wheezing

Answer 7

asthma, foreign body, CHF

Question 8

Stridor sounds like

Answer 8

high pitched crowing noise

**Only heard over the trachea

Question 9

5 types of consistency of sputum

Answer 9

Frothy, purulent, thick, viscous, tenacious (extra thicc)

Question 10

Math problem: solving for cmH2O?

Answer 10

Always multiply

Question 11

4 sputum categories

Answer 11

Amount, consistency, color, and odor

Question 12

Easiest way to diagnose a pleural effusion on CXR

Answer 12

Blunted castrophrenic angle

Question 13

If you hear a bronchial sound in base of lung, what does it mean?

Answer 13

Consolidation/pneumonia/atelectasis

Question 14

Why check sounds on both sides?

Answer 14

check for bilateral sounds as well as chest rise

Question 15

Central cyanosis is associated with what?

Answer 15

hypoxia

Question 16

Common cause of right sided heart failure?

Answer 16

pulmonary dz

Question 17

Most common causes of subq emphysema/crepitus

Answer 17

Barotrauma (pneumothorax, surgeries)

Question 18

Normal capillary refill

Answer 18

<3 seconds

Question 19

What causes increased tactile fermitus?

Answer 19

Stuff inside the lung. Pneumonia, atelectasis, consolidation

Question 20

Air inside the lung has what effect on fermitus?

Answer 20

Decreases because it doesn’t travel through air as well as fluid.

Question 21

Kyphosis

Answer 21

abnormal A-P spinal curvature

Question 22

Scoliosis

Answer 22

abnormal lateral curvature

Question 23

What is the term for sternal protrusion?

Answer 23

Pectus carinatum