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What is this? |
Woods lamp. Used for checking for bacterial or funal skin infections |
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What is this? |
Goniometer measures range of motion |
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What is this? |
Nasal Speculum |
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Woods Lamp |
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What is this? |
Otoscope |
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What is this? |
Ophthalmoscope |
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What is the dorsa of the hands? |
The back of the hands, can be used to check temperature. |
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What is the Ulnar surface of the hands? |
The side along the pinkie finger. Checking for vibration |
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How deep is a light palpitation? |
Up to 1 cm |
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How deep is a deep palpation |
4 cm |
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Define Tympany |
Drum like. Heard over stomach during percussion. |
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Define Hyperresonate |
Boom like. Heard in a normal child's lung and emphysematous lung during percussion |
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Define resonant |
Hollow. Heard over healthy lung tissue during percussion |
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Define Dull |
Thud like. Heard over liver during percussion |
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Define Flat |
Very dull. Heard over, muscle, bone, or tumor during percussion |
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How long should stethoscope tubing be? |
12 to 14 inches |
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What is the diaphragm of the stethoscope used for? |
High pitched sounds, breath, bowel, and normal heart sounds |
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What is the bell of the stethoscope used for? |
Low pitched sounds. Extra heart sounds and murmurs |
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What is a Snellen chart used for? |
Far vision |
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What is arosenbaum chart used for? |
Near vision |
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What is this? |
Tympanometer |
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What is this? |
Dermatoscope. Used for closely examining skin lesions |
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How do you check for low frequency with a tuning fork? |
Use vibration of the mastoid process |
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How do you check for high frequency with a tuning fork? |
Hearing |
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What is this? |
Calipers us for measuring skin fold thickness and calculating BMI |
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What is this? |
Sphygmomanometer with blood pressure cuff |
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How do fungi show up under a Wood's lamp? |
Yellow-Green |
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Purpose of Otoscope? |
Illumination for exam of external auditory canal and tympanic membrane |
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Purpose of Opthalmoscope? |
Visualization of the interior structures of the eye |
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Purpose of nasal speculum |
Visualize the lower and middle turbinates of the nose |
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Purpose of Goniometer? |
Determine the degree and ROM of joint flexion and extension |
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Fingertips used to palpate? |
Texture, size, consistency, fluid, crepitus, form of mass or structure |
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Why is light palpation done first? |
Deep palpation may elicit pain and/or disrupts tissue or fluid |
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What characteristics of sound do you listen for? |
Intensity, pitch, duration, and quality |
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What does a reflex hammer test? |
Deep tendon reflex |
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Blood pressure cuff size in adults? |
Width= 1/3-1/2 the circumference of limb Length=twice width of limb circumference or 80% |
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Blood pressure cuff size in child? |
Width should cover 2/3 upper arm |
