Medical Assessment

Question 1

Secondary Assessment - Cardiovascular: What do you look for?

Answer 1

>Level of consciousness
>Color of skin
>Strong and equal distal pulses in all extremities?
>Pedal edema?
>Pain in legs?
>Capillary refill
>Bleeding?

Question 2

Secondary Assessment/Pulmonary: What do you look for?

Answer 2

> Level of conscious
Lung sounds
Rate, depth, and quality of breathing
Color of tongue

Question 3

Secondary Assessment/Pulmonary: What to ask

Answer 3

> Have you had any difficulty breathing?

Question 4

Secondary Assessment/Neurological: What do you look for?

Answer 4

> The ability to follow simple commands.

>PEARRL

Question 5

Secondary Assessment: Name the 8 body systems to be assessed

Answer 5

1. Cardiovascular
2. Pulmonary
3. Neurological
4. Integumentary
5. Musculoskeletal
6. GI/GU
7. Reproductive
8. Psychological/Social