General Survey and Vital Signs

Wheel entries:

• Distance between the lower border of the bp cuff to the antecubital fossa.
• Assess the Gait and Posture of the patient.
• The act of feeling using the sense of touch. A. Percussion B. Palpation
• Correct order of assessment techniques for abdominal examination.
• Difference between oral temperature and rectal temperature.
• A Hyperresonant sound observed during percussion indicates what?
• What are the things to consider for a proper inspection? Give 2.
• How do you check for the BP of the patient? Demonstrate.
• What is the normal range for respiratory rate?
• Impaired level of consciousness wherein the patient only responds to painful stimuli.
• Where can you observe Flatness?
• Demonstrate percussion on the table. What is your plexor and what is your pleximeter?
• Check for the pulse rate of the patient.
• Where can you observe Tympany?
• Part of the diaphragm used to listen for heart murmurs: S3 and S4.
• Part of the diaphragm used to listen for heart sounds S1 and S2, breath sounds, and bowel sounds.
• Give 4 examples of a patient with impaired level of consciousness.
• A score of 4 in the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) indicates what?
• Give 3 qualities of a good stethoscope.
• What is the normal range for pulse rate?
• Where can you observe Dullness?
• Give 2 questions to ask a patient when assessing their Immediate Memory.
• Elicit patient's orientation to place
• Give 2 questions to ask a patient when assessing their Recent Memory.
• What is the normal range for blood pressure?
• Demonstrate how to assess for the patient's temperature using your fingers. Which part of the fingers?
• How would you assess the patient for tactile fremitus? Demonstrate.
• Correct order of assessment techniques for physical examination.
• Where can you observe Resonance?
• BPM of a patient with tachycardia.
• BPM of a patient with bradycardia.
• Elicit patient's orientation to time
• Elicit patient's orientation to person
• Give 2 questions to ask a patient when assessing their Remote Memory.
• Give 4 signs of distress.
• What is the normal range for cardiac rate?