Lesson 5 Flashcards
This data is gathered through interview
Subjective data
This data is gathered through senses as sight, smell, touch, and hearing during physical assessment
Objective data
Involves collected of subjective and objective data
Comprehensive assessment
It is an optimal lighting for inspecting structures such as jugular venous pulse, thyroid gland, and apical impulse of the heart
Tangential light
General sequence of performing physican examination
Inspection
Palpation
Percussion
Auscultation
Sequence of techniques for examination of the abdomen
IAPePa
Inspection
Auscultation
Percussion
Palpation
Sequence of examining quadrants
RL - Ru - Lu - LL
Right lower
Right upper
Left upper
Left lower
How many minutes to do auscultation in abdomen
5 mins
Close details of the patient’s appearance, behavior, and movement
Inspection
Tactile pressure from the palmar finger or finger pads
Palpation
Use of striking or plexor finger
Percussion
Use of diaphragm and bell of the stethoscope
Auscultation
Used to detect vibrationa
Metacarpal/phalyngeal joint
What finger is usually used in percussion
Third finger of left hand
Assess areas of skin elevation, depression, warmth, tenderness
Palpation
Evoke a sound wave
Percussion
The study of whole person, cover8ng general health and any obvious physical characteristics
General survey
It is done before physical examination
General survey
It is known as cardinal signs
Vital signs
Often called the 5th vital sign
Pain
What are the vital signs
Blood temperature
Pulse rate
Respiration rate
Blood pressure
The balance between heat produced by the body and heat lost from the body
Temperature