Head to toe assessment Flashcards
What is before introducing yourself?
hand hygeine
PERRLA means
pupils equally round, reactive to light and accomodating
What is after PERRLA
cardinal fields of gaze
What equipment do you gather in advance?
Stethoscope, BP cuff, pulse oximeter, penlite, thermometer, gloves.
What is before hand hygeine?
gather equipment
What is after gather equipment?
hand hygeine
What is after introducing yourself?
identify the patient
Physical move 1:
Aim a light at the side of their head, have them look at you, check pupils. Then pull back and make their eyes follow the light side to side
After you look at eyess, what next?
Light up their nose. Look at the septum, turbinates.
After you look up their nose, then what? What’s involved?
Light up their ears. Touch tragus.
What is before nose lighting?
Eye lighting.
What is before ear lighting?
Nose lighting.
What is after ear lighting?
Finger snapping.
What is before finger snapping?
Ear lighting.
What is before identify the patient?
introduce yourself
What is after fingersnapping?
Mouth lighting
What is before mouth lighting?
finger snapping
What do you do while mouth lighting?
Say AHHH. Stick out your tongue, move tongue left and right. Clench your teeth.
What is after mouth lighting?
Face touching. Forehead and cheek. Say :”Can you feel that? That? Shrug your shoulders.
What is after identifying patient?
verify allergies
What’s before face touching?
Mouth lighting
What is after face touching?
Neck touching
What is before neck touching?
Face touching
What do you do when neck touching?
Make a W with your fingers to see if trachea is aligned. Get behind them. Put hands over thyroid, say “swallow.”
What do you assess for carotids?
feel pulse, listen for bruit
What is before verifying allergies?
identify patient
What is after verifying allergies?
assure privacy
Where is the aortic pulse?
2nd R intercostal
Where is pulmonic pulse?
2nd L intercostal
Where is tricuspid pulse?
4th L intercostal at sternal border
Where is apical pulse?
5th L intercostal space
Where is Erb’s point?
3rd L intercostal space
Where is mitral pulse?
5th intercostal
What is after neck touching?
Whipping out the stethoscope, palpate carotids and use bell to listen. Touch apical pulse for 1 minute, note if irregular, say take a deep breath and touch 4 lung lobe points on front, 6 on back.
What’s before whipping it out?
Neck touching.
What’s after whipping it out?
“Lie down and pull up your shirt.” say “I am inspecting your abdomen.” Listen to 4 quadrants. Palpate 4 places lightly and 4 places deeply.
What’s before Lie down?
Whipping it out.
What’s after lie die?
hands
What’s before feet?
hands
What’s after hands?
feet