PBS 2.1.3 Routine Testing: In the Office

What is the MOST effective method of assessing the quality of air movement in the lungs?

• Auscultating breath sounds with a stethoscope
• Looking for accessory muscle use
• Applying a pulse oximeter
• Checking for cyanosis

What does palpate mean?

• To examine by touch
• To examine by sight
• To examine by taste
• To examine by smell

Match the following

• ears

• Sphygmomanometer

• blood pressure

• Otoscope

• eyes

• Opthalmoscope

Choose signs of an infection in the eye. Choose all that apply

• Redness

• Swelling

• Pus

• Tears

What do swollen tonsils mean?

• Infection or inflammation
• Allergies
• Dehydration
• Excessive exercise

Diagnose this patient: she is experiencing severe sore throat, painful swallowing, red & inflamed tonsils & uvula, fever, body aches, and swollen lymph nodes in the neck. Also has white patched on the tonsils.

• Strep throat

• Tonsilitis

Diagnose this patient: she is experiencing red, enlarged tonsils, white patches on the tonsils, sore throat, difficulty swallowing, swollen lymph nodes in the neck, fever, and headache.

• Strep throat

• Tonsilitis

Match the following ABCDE system which is used to evaluate moles

• Half of the mole doesn't match the other

• Diameter

• Appears to be changing over time

• Asymmetry

• The mole is not uniform in color

• Border

• The width is wider than a pencil

• Color

• The edges of the mole are irregular

• Evolving

What does mitral valve regurgitation mean?

• The mitral valve closes too tightly, causing blood to flow backward in the heart.
• The heart pumps blood too slowly.

• The heart pumps blood too quickly.

• The mitral valve does not close tightly, causing blood to flow backward in the heart.

Match the following

• resistance a person has in arms/legs

• Motor Strength

• Involuntary reaction

• Pupillary Response

• Pupil dilates/contracts based on light

• Peripheral Vision

• Seeing out the corner of your eyes

• Gait

• How a person walks

• Reflex