General Flashcards
Dr. Hillier’s 5 components of counseling
- Explanation
- Recommendations
- Follow up
- Expectations
- Handouts/Diary
Dr. Hillier’s handout suggestions
Caringforkids CPS sexualityandU Canadian TB standard Your best shot CPS Children new to Canada CPS
How do you start every OSCE station?
Wash hands
GROWTH: Ht/Wt/HC/BMI+Plot
VITALS: HR, RR, BP, Temp, O2S
CONFIDENTIALITY
Counseling template
SPIKES:
S - Set up the interview: people, location, privacy, interruptions
P - Perception - Assess:
“What have you been told about your medical situation so far?”
“What is your understanding of the reasons the test was done?”
I - Invitation: follow patient’s agenda, not yours. Establish goals for counseling, ask if they have questions frequently.
K - Knowledge: Share results, explain using non-technical words. Small chunks, check understanding.
E - Emotion/Empathy: Ask them, share emotion with them, reassure as appropriate. Establish supports.
“This is not your fault, not related to anything that you did or didn’t do”
“We will work together as a team to help you through this”
S - Strategy and Summary:
-Patient’s expectations -Investigations -Treatment options -Referrals
-Follow-up
General history template
HISTORY
Assure confidentiality
HPI -happened before? -why presenting today -"PQRST+assoc symptoms" -constitutional: including jts -w/u, treatment -what do they think is happening PMH -meds -PSH ALLERGIES -type of rxn -epipen IMMUNIZA TIONS -booklet ID -travel, sick contacts, day care, unusual locales, pets PREG, L&D DEV -Young: eat/sleep/play -Older: school FHx -sudden death PYCHOSOCIAL -Effect of illness -Financial -Living environment -Stressors -Violence HEADS
CULTURAL COMPETENCE
-Meaning of illness: explanatory model, patient agenda (“how can I be most helpful?”), current care (non-medical, advisors) -Social context: environment control(money, transport), environment change(origins, moving reasons, adjustment), stressors & support, literacy/language(use interpreter, not family)
REVIEW OF SYSTEMS: Gen: fx, anthropometrics, activity Eyes: vision-, cross, red, pain,drain Ears: hear-, pain, drain Nose: Drain, d/c, sinusitis Throat: tooth pain, ST, hoarse, lesion Neuro: sz, LOC Psych: mood, sleep Resp: cx, wheeze, apnea, cyanosis, SOB CV: murmurs, C.P. GI: feeds/appetite, jaundice, vx, dx, constipation, bloody stool, AP GU: freq, dysuria, UO, hematuria Heme: bleeding, anemia, jaundice, swollen glands Endo: change in habitus, wght gain Derm: rashes MSK: jt swell, tender, weak
General physical template
PHYSICAL
ABCDDDEFGs
“wght IV O2 monitors” General appearance Anthropometrics
VS
DDx acronym
DDX: "Foreign CINEMA HDTV Scan" Foreign body FB Congenital, cardiac, crazy(mood, anxiety, psychotic, somatoform, Munchausen) Infection, inflammatory, idiopathic, iatrogenic, infiltrative Neoplastic, nutritional, neuromuscular Endocrine Metabolic Autoimmune Hereditary Drugs, degenerative Trauma V ascular SCAN: abuse, neglect
General work up
WORK-UP B/W Urine CSF Stool Swabs: throat, STI, wound EKG, EEG Imaging -XR; UGIS"w SBFT" -U/S, echo -CT, MRI -nuclear, PET
General management
Consent! ABCDEFG wght, O2, monitors, IV Admit(say it!) Stop offending agent Reasses(say it!) Activate -transport
-ICU, consults
-drugs that take time to arrive
Involve the pt
Follow-up
-RTER instructions -medic-alert -immunizations
COUNSELING
“Where are you at w xxx?” -time for q’s
ADVERSE EFFECTS -always say allergy
TELEPHONE -get call-back info
MUSTS for physical exam
- Precautions
- Wash hands
- Consider chaperone (“confidentiality” of the physical exam part)
- Introduction
- Confirm name of patient, age etc
- Explanation of what you are going to do
- Ensure dressed appropriately, examine from the right side of bed
- Comment general assessment of growth parameters, vs and review chart
- ABCs
Eye exam
Ambylopia/strabismus General - orbit, lids, conjunctiva, cornea, iris, pupil for asymmetry/size/shape/reaction to light Alignment Head posture Corneal light reflex Cover-uncover Red reflex Fundoscopy Acuity Fields EOM
Back exam
-Inspection
• General appearance of patient/body habitus of patient
• General inspection of the back
o Looking from multiple angles
o Lordosis, kyphosis
o Shoulder heights, flank asymmetry, sacral dimples similar heights
• Examination of the skin
o Birthmarks, rashes (psoriasis, SLE), neruofibromas, eccymoses/trauma o Looks at hands, ears, scalp psoriasis too
o Stigmata of other disease (IBD example)
o Spinal dysraphism (tuft of hair, swelling etc)
-Palpation
• Instruct patient to tell if causes any pain/try to look at patient while palpating also
• Palpate each spinus process
• Palpation of paraspinal muscles
• Palpation over SI joint
-Range of Motion C Spine
• Extension
• Flexion
• Lateral flexion
• rotation
Thoracic/lumbar
• flexion
o Adam forward bend test scoliosis • extension
• lateral flexion
• rotation -Special Tests
• gait
• Adam forward bend test
o patient instructed to bend forward knees straight, look from side for asymmetric rib hump? scoliosis
• schober
o AS, measurement of lumbar spine flexion
o At sacral dimples, 10cm above and 5 cm below, bend forward distance between two lines
should increased by at least 5 cm • chest expansion
o in AS limited expansion of chest (measure on inspiration/expiration) • leg length discrepancy
o patient lying supine measure from asis to medial malleoulus
o Discrepancy can cause pain
• sciatica
o straight leg raise to elicit pain (normal raise to 90)
• Provocative test of SI joint
o Faber test: patient supine have foot to opposite knee, hold opposite hip and press down on knee = pain
o gaenslen: allow one leg to hang off table while supine, bring opposite knee to chest:? pain o compression test: lying lateral decubitus, compress hip girdle? pain