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What is an ophthalmoscope used for?
Eye exams
Which tool is used to checking hearing with both sound waves and vibration?
tuning fork
What position is used to examine or treat the front of the body?
supine
What position is used to help patients that are in respiratory distress?
High fowlers
What kind of test is used to test vision from far away?
Snellen chart
What degree is considered high fowlers?
90 degrees
What degree is considered semi fowlers?
45 degrees
What degree is considered low fowlers?
25 degrees
What position is used for enemas and rectal/sigmoidoscopic examinations?
left lateral/sims
What position is used for examination of the back and spine?
prone
Which position is similar to lithotomy but the patients legs are not in stirrups?
Dorsal Recumbent
When a patient is is tilted with their feet above their head it is described as?
trendeleburg
How far do you place patients away from the Snellen chart to perform an eye exam?
20 feet
What test is used to test farsightedness?
Jaeger test
What method is used to test colorblindness?
Ishihara test
A tonometer is used to measure what?
Intraocular pressure
When the MD uses the hands and fingers to feel various parts of the body is referred to as what?
palpation
When the MD taps and listens for sounds coming from various parts of the body
percussion
When the MD listens to sounds coming from within the pts body
Auscultation
How many techniques are there to perform examinations?
4
A patient is brought in with shortness of breath, which position should you put them in?
High-Fowlers
Your patient is having breast pain, which position do you put them in for their exam?
supine
Your patient is coming in for their annual vaginal exam, which position do you need to place the patient in?
Lithotomy
Your patient is in circulatory shock. Which position should you put them in?
Trendelenburg
Your patient is having lower back surgery, which is the best position to place this patient in for easier access to his lower back?
Jackknife