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1
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Normal Sequence for Head to Toe Assessment

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1.Inspection 2.Palpation 3.Percussion 4.Ausculation

2
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What do you do first?

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General Survey: *Physical appearance *Body Structure *Mobility *Behavior

3
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LOC?

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Level of Consciousness: Awake, Alert, Oriented( Person, place, time)

4
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If Disoriented what order do they lose their orientation?

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1.Time 2.Place 3.Person

5
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HEENT?

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Head, Eyes, Ears, Nose, Throat

6
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balding?

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Alopecia

7
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Female presents with facial hair

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Hirsutism

8
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Half the face is strained, one eye is closed, half the mouth is smiling

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Bell’s Palsy

9
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Pink Eye

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Conjuctivitis

10
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Conjunctiva turns yellow (jaundice)

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Scleral icterus

11
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Child abuse

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Non accidental trauma

12
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One eye dilated. What is it called and must you ask?

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Anisocoria. How long have you had this?

13
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Drooping of the upper eyelid

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Ptosis

14
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Where is one place to push on the ear to asses pain?

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The Targus

15
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When the trachea is not midline?

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Caused by pneumothorax- collapsed lung pushes trachea laterally. This is an emergency!!

16
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How does COPD affect the thorax?

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Barrel chest

17
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Thorax looks sunken in

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Pectus excavatum

18
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pigeon-chested, front of boat

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Pectus carinatum

19
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hunch back

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kyphosis

20
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Twisted back

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Scoliosis

21
Q

what sound?

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sibilant wheeze high pitch

22
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what sound?

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sonorous wheeze (Rhonchi) lower pitch

23
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what sound?

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mild stridor- obstruction of larynx

24
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what sound?

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severe stridor- obstruction of larynx

25
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what sound?

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crackles/ Rales

26
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what sound?

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fine crackles

27
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what sound?

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coarse crackles

28
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what sound?

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pleural rub- inflammation in pleura

29
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Where is tricuspid?

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Right atrioventricular valve (remember God placed his trade mark (TM) on the heart. M is Mitral)

30
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Abdominal Sequence?

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Inspection

Auscultation

Palpation

Percussion

31
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digital clubbing worry about?

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heart or respiratory problem

32
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splinter hemorrages? Worry about?

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Endocarditis

33
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ankle pulse is?

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posterior tibial pulse

34
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Foot pulse is called?

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Dorsalis Pedis Pulse