Lecture 6 Assessment Tech Flashcards
1
Q
Assessment
IPPA
A
Inspection
Palpation
Percussion
Auscultation
2
Q
Inspection
A
Concentrated watching
General then local
Use visual, auditory and smell
3
Q
Palpation
A
Light
Assess: Texture, temperature, moisture swelling pulsations rigidity crepitation lumps pain
4
Q
Palpation Fingertips fingers and thumb dorsa back of hand base of fingers
A
Skin texture, swelling, pulsation, lumps (fine tactile)
Position, shape, consistency, organs/mass
temp
Vibration
5
Q
Percussion
A
Produces vibration
6
Q
Percussion noises
Resonant Hyperressonant tympany dull flat
A
hollow air filled
louder (child lungs)
Drum like gas in stomach
thud liver dense organs
shorter flat sound bone
7
Q
AUSCULTATION Sounds
Diaphragms
Bell
A
high pitch sounds (bowel, lung, heart)
Low pitched (murmurs)
