Vitals
What is the normal range for temp.
36-38
What are the things you should examine for appearance?
Posture, body movements, dress, grooming and hygiene
What muscles are you testing when pt clench teeth?
tempoalis, masseter
what are you feeling for while feeling lymphs?
freely moveable, soft, non tender, discrete
A person has the cold, what sinuses are you palpating?
frontal and maxillary
What is the normal range for pulse
60-100 BMP
What are the things you would ask for behaviour
LOC, Facial Expression, Speech, Mood and Affect
What Musclcular System are you testing when your palpating: spinous processes, sternomastoid, trapezius and paravertebral muscles
Cervical Spine
what do you palpate last?
supraclavicular
color, moisture, cracking, lesions
What is the normal range for respirations?
10-20 BPM
What are things you would ask for Cognitive Functions?
Orientation: time, place, person, self
Attention Span: immediate, recent, remote
New Learning
Insight and Judgement
what muscloskelteal system do you have to palpate: clavicle than acromioclavicular joint, scapula, greater tubercle of the humerus, area of subacromial bursa, biceps groove, and the anterior aspect of glenohumeral joint
Shoulders
while inspecting the head, what do you palpate (3)
persons hair, temporal artery, TMJ
tonsils are graded on a scale:
1+ visible
2+ halfway between tonsillar pillars and uvula
3+ touching the uvula
4+ touching each other
Normal Range for Oxygen Saturation
92-100%
What would you test for thought processes?
Thought Processes
Thought Content
Perceptions
Suicidal Thoughts
What muscolatsketal do you do the following ROM: flexion, extension, pronation, supination
Elbow
when inspecting the neck what should you look for?
symmetry, head centered in midline, head is erect and still
what are you inspecting the tongue for?
color, surface characteristics, moisture
can note that the dorsal surface is normally roughened
when lifted: looks smooth, glistening, shows veins and saliva is present
What is the first sound you hear while taking blood pressure and the last sound?
Systolic and Diastolic
Questions you would ask if you expect hallucinations?
“do you hear voices when no one else is around?”
“Can you sometime see things that no one else can see?”
"Do you have other unexplained sensations such as smells, sounds, or feelings?”
what musculatoral system or systems could involve the pt sitting down?
Hip or knee?
Name all the Lymph Nodes
Preauricular, Posterior auricular, Occipital, Submental, Submandibular, Jugulodigastric, Superficial cervical, Deep cervical chain, Posterior cervical, Supraclavicular
how would you test the potency of the nastrils?
pushing one nasal wing shut with your finger while asking the pt to sniff inward through the other naris, repeat