U10 Physical exams

Identify this tool

• Otoscope

• Thermometer

• Stethoscope

Identify this tool

• Thermometer

• Rectal Thermometer

• Aural Thermometer

What is the purpose of a physical examination?

• To diagnose a disease
• To evaluate the patient's overall health
• To determine the cause of symptoms
• To assess the patient's fitness levels

What are three main vital signs?

• Temperature, pulse, size of pupils, and respirations

• Temperature, pain, pulse, and blood pressure

• Temperature, pulse, respirations

• Consciousness, temperature, pulse, and respirations

What are the benefits of a thorough physical examination?

• Helps to diagnose a disease
• Helps to monitor the progression of a disease
• Helps to identify health risks and make preventative recommendations
• All of the above

Techniques of examination include palpation, percussion, and auscultation.

• True

• False

To ........... something such as mood is to bring about a change in it.

........... is the examination of something by listening with or without an instrument such as a stethoscope.

........... is the conveyance of information about a person’s physiological or emotional state by the way he or she moves.

An ............. is an organized examination of a patient’s physiological state as compared to what is understood to be normal.