Take My Breath Away
This type of peripheral lung field sound is described as low-pitched with inspiration greater than expiration
What is vesicular sounds?
What is a tension headace?
The patient with congenital heart disease or COPD may have what degree of nail bed during a profile sign assessment
What is >160 degrees?
This sounds corresponds with the carotid artery pulse
What is S1?
This is thickening and loss of elasticity in the arterial walls
What is arteriosclerosis?
This type of sound is due to narrowing of the airway due to obstruction or inflammation
What is wheezes?
This cranial nerve is intact when the client is able to shrug their shoulders
What is CN XI (spinal accessory)?
These structures should be small, movable, and non-tender when palpating the neck, axilla and inguinal region
What are lymph nodes?
This location is where the pulmonic valve is best auscultated
What is the second left interspace?
This common manifestation of COPD assists the patient in keeping airways open longer during exhalation
What is pursed-lip breathing?
This sound is caused by fluid in the lungs
What is crackles?
The Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) includes which parameters for scoring
What is eye opening, motor response to simuli, and verbal response?
These nodes drain the head and neck
What are the cervical nodes?
These valves separate the ventricles from the arteries
What are the semilunar (pulmonic and aortic) valves?
This palpable finding is caused by increased consolidation in the lung tissue like in pneumonia
What is increased tactile fremitus?
This popping and crackling sound heard in the lungs when a client wakes up, but clears with coughing or deep breathing
What is atelactic crackles?
These cranial nerves control the 6 eye muscles for eye movement
What are CN III (oculomotor), IV (trochlear), VI (abducens)?
This condition occurs bilateral in the lower extremities with heart failure
What is edema?
This finding would be considered normal when grading a patient's pulse
What is 2+?
This arterial insufficiency can cause cramping in the lower extremities that is relieved with rest
What is claudication?
This high-pitched inspiratory crowing sound is commonly associated with an upper airway obstruction
What is stridor?
This test asks the client to identify a coin when it is placed in the client's hand
What is stereognosis?
The ABCDEF rule for skin assessment stands for
What is asymmetry, border, color, diameter, elevation or evolution, funny looking?
This sound is the result of the closure of the aortic and pulmonic valves
What is S2?
This sound is caused by turbulent blood flow through the carotid artery
What is bruit?