health assement

Hand hygiene

the single most important action to reduce infection transmission

palpation

requires touch to determine texture, size, shape, consistency, location, pulsation

Percussion

Evaluates size, borders and consistency of internal organs

tympany

sound of abdomen

Hyperresonance

sound of over inflated lungs

dull

sound of liver

flatness

sounds of bones and muscles

Auscultation

listening to sounds in the body

Inspection

visual exam including body movement, posture and smell

Stethoscope

blocks extraneous sounds necessary to hear the heart, lungs, blood vessels, and intestines.

Bell

used to hear soft low pitched sounds

diaphragm

used for high pitch sounds

Rate

number of complete ventilation cycles

Rhythm

pattern/regularity, depth, movement of chest walls

Systolic BP

Maximum pressure on arteries when ventricles contract

Diastolic BP

Minimum pressure exerted on vessels as ventricles relax

dorsal recumbent

position in which you are on your back with your knees bent

Fetal position

position in which the knees are to the head, elbows to knees

Infection control

preventing the spread of infection, which is standard percussion and transmission based

Prone

position where you are laying on your stomach

resonance

sound of hollow lungs

sims

position where you lay on your stomach with a flexed knee to the chest

supine

position where you are laying on your back

tripod position

position where you are sitting leaning forward with your hands resting on your thighs

Korotkoff sounds

listen to these for our systolic and diastolic BP

Orthostatic hypotension

Major drop in BP that happens once you stand up after sitting/laying down

Oscillometric BP

Diurnal variations

BP lower in morning and peaks in the afternoon

Lateral recumbent

Position where patients are lying on their side with knees and hips slightly bent

pulse pressure

difference between systolic BP and diastolic BP

Oscillo metric BP

measures the Mean arterial pressure

Physiologic

normal or related to normal function of the body