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Intro To Physical Assessment Flashcards

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What are the challenges to Physical assessment?

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1.New techniques never seen
2.Techniques that you have done in the past that are taught different
3.Different teaching styles
4.Identifying symptoms and abnormal findings
5.Linking findings to underlying pathology
6.Interacting with variety of patients
7.Vast amount of memorization
8.Performing a complete head to toe exam within one hour
9.Learn how to document and describe your findings

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What are the components of a complete physical exam?

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1.Vital signs (V/S)
2. General Assessment (GA)
3.Skin, Hair and Nails
4. HEENT
5. Neck and lymphatics
6. Lungs
7. Heart
8. Abdomen
9. Genitalia
10. Musculoskeletal
11. Complete neurological

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What are the steps in determining the scope of assessment?

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-Decide if assessment should be comprehensive or focused

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What are the different type of factors that will determine your scope of history and physical exam?

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-magnitude and severity of the patients problems
- Need for thoroughness
- clinical setting
- inpatient vs outpatient
- time available

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When is a comprehensive H&P done?
What is a comprehensive H&P

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  1. A new patient in the office or hospital
  2. It includes ALL elements of the health history and a complete physical exam
  3. Helps identify/rule out physical causes
  4. Provides a baseline
  5. Platform for health promotion
  6. develops proficiency
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When do you use a SOAP note / focused assessment
What is a SOAP note

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  • used for established patients
    • routine or urgent care visits
  • used for pertinent information
    • very specific
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What are the factors that determine the scope of a SOAP exam?

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-Patients symptoms
- Age
-Health history
- Clinicians knowledge of disease patterns

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What are the steps to making a patient comfortable and relaxed?

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  1. Pay attention to patient comfort
    -adjust bed, add pillow, give extra gown or blanket
  2. Pay attention to patient modesty and privacy
    • Close nearby doors, draw curtains, wash hands
    • Drape appropriately
  3. Chaperone as necessary
  4. Confidentiality
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What are the aspects of professional Demeanor

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  1. Appearance
    • neat, clean, ID badge
  2. Speech
    • Courteous and clear
    • empathize
  3. Body language
  4. Personal space
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10
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What is the proper order for a physical examination?

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Head-to-toe

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What are the advantages to a right sided Approach?

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-Beneficial for jugular venous pressure, which is more reliable
- Palpating hand rests more comfortably on the apical pulse
- Right kidney more frequently palpable

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Name and list the patient positions and draping

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  1. Seated
  2. Supine
  3. Prone
  4. Dorsal Recumbent (feet planted on table, with knees up)
  5. Lateral Recumbent (lying on their side)
  6. Lithotomy (Lying on back with your legs flexed 90 degrees at your hips)
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What are the four techniques of Examination

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  1. Inspection/observe
  2. Palpation
  3. Percussion
  4. Auscultation
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Describe the “Observation” technique for a physical exam

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-looking at the body as a whole from a broader approach
- begins at the time of the first exposure to the patient

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Describe the “Inspection” part of the physical exam

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-Anything you will look at or observe
- Often the first technique you will perform no matter what organ system
- patient’s appearance, behavior, and movement
- skin conditions
- eye movements
- pharyngeal color
-symmetry of thorax
-gait
-lower extremity edema

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Describe the “Palpation” part of the physical exam

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  • tactile pressure from the palmar fingers or finger pads for assessment
  • way of gathering information through touch
  • moment in the exam when you begin the physical invasion of the patients body
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What are the aspects of Palpation

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  • elevation
    -dpresssion
    -warmth
    -tenderness
  • assess lymph nodes and pulses
  • evaluate contours and sizes of organs and masses
  • crepitus in the joints
    -position
    -texture
    -size
    -consistency
18
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What area of the hands should you use when palpating?

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-tactile pressure from palmar rings or finger pads for sensitivity
- ulnar surface of hand for vibration
-dorsal surface of hand for temperature

19
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What list and describe the two types of Palpation

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  1. Light Palpation
    • about 1 cm in depth
    • performed before deep palapaton
    • finger pads gain information on the skin surface or muscles
  2. Deep Palpation
    • about 4 cumin depth
      -Performed after light Palpation
    • evaluates masses and tenderness in the cavity
20
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Describe what Percussion is for a PE

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-Use of sound waves to detect body tissue density
- striking one object against another produces vibrations and sound waves
- Striking finger causes vibrations by impact on underlying tissues
- Sound waves arise from vibrations and produce percussion tones

21
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When completing a percussion technique through a dense medium, how loud is the percussion tone?

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Quite

22
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How is the sound of percussion determined?

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It is determined by the density of the medium through which sound waves travel
- more dense the medium, the quieter the percussion tone
- fluid=less loud
- solid area=soft

23
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List the percussion sounds from loudest to softest

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  1. Tympany
  2. Hyperresonance/ hyperresonant
  3. Resonance/ resonant
  4. Dull
  5. Flat
24
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Describe the Tympany percussion sound

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High-pitched or drum like
- loudest of the sounds
- gastric air bubble

25
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Describe the hyperresonance percussion sound

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Very loud
Low pitch
Booming
Emphysematous lungs

26
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Describe the Resonance percussion sound

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Loud
Low pitch
Hollow
Healthy air filled lungs

27
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Describe the Dull percussion sound

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Soft
Moderate pitch
Thud-like
Over the liver, heart, or spleen

28
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Describe the flat percussion sound

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Soft
High pitch
Very dull
Over muscle or bone

29
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What are the guidelines when utilizing the percussion technique?

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Percussion from areas of resonance to areas of dullness
-easier to hear the change
Percussion one location several times to facilitate interpretation of the tone

30
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What are the different types of percussion techniques

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  1. Direct
  2. Indirect
  3. Fist
31
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Describe the Direct Percussion technique

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Finger strikes directly against body

32
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Describe the indirect percussion technique

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  • Middle finger of dominant hand is the hammer
  • Middle finger of non dominant hand is placed on body and struck
  • many clinicians use indirect method
  • Only tapping the interphalangeal joint
  • Place distal phalanx firmly on the body surface, with the other fingers slightly elevated
    -Snap the wrist when percussion
    -Use the tip of the finger
33
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Describe the fist method of the percussion technique

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Direct
- Fist directly on body
Indirect
- Non-dominant hand is placed on body and struck with ulnar aspect of fist of dominant hand
-preferred

34
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Describe the Auscultation technique

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  • Listening to sounds produced by the body
    -clothing obscures sound
  • Performed last for each appropriate system
  • held between the second and third fingers to stabilize the stethoscope
  • Assess location, timing, duration, pitch, and intensity
  • Permits detection of bruits or turbulence over arterial vessels
35
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What are the guideline to perform auscultation

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Perform in quiet setting
Place stethoscope on bare skin
Listen to one sound at a time
Listen for intensity, pitch, duration, and quality of sound
Listen for transitory subtle sounds

36
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What is the goal of universal precautions?

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To prevent transmission of blood borne pathogens to HCP
- All blood and other body fluids containing visible blood, semen, and vaginal secretions
- Prevention of injury from needle sticks,scalpels etc…

37
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What is the goal of standard precautions?

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To prevent transmission of infectious agents not only to health care personnel, but to patients and hospital visitors
- ALL blood, body fluids, secretion, excretions, non intact skin, and mucous membranes may contain transmissible infectious agents
- apply to ALL patients in any setting

38
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What are the aspects of “Standard Precautions”

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  • Hand hygiene
  • Personal protective equipment
  • Respiratory hygiene/cough etiquette
  • safe handling of contaminated equipment or surfaces
  • Safe injection practices
  • Patient isolation criteria
  • Precautions related to toys, solid surfaces, and laundry handling
39
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What is the the preferred method of hand decontamination?

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with an alcohol based hand rub

40
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What sounds do the diaphragm listen too

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High pitched

41
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What does the bell listen to

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Low pitch

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