ROUTINE AND SPECIAL PRCEDURES

PREPARE AND ASSIST Physical examinations are performed by the health care practitioner. Physical examinations are performed by the health care practitioner. It is your responsibility to prepare the examination room and the patient and assist with the examination when appropriate. It is your responsibility to prepare the examination room and the patient and assist with the examination when appropriate.

General Instructions and Responsibilities Prepare the examination room Prepare the examination room Prepare the patient Prepare the patient Assist the patient and practitioner Assist the patient and practitioner Dismiss the patient Dismiss the patient Prepare obtained specimens, if any Prepare obtained specimens, if any Clean examination room Clean examination room

Components of a Routine Physical Examination Patient Appearance Patient Appearance Gait Gait Stature Stature Posture Posture Body Movements Body Movements Speech Speech Breath Odors Breath Odors Nutrition Nutrition Skin and Appendages Skin and Appendages

Positions Supine Supine Prone Prone Erect or Standing Erect or Standing

POSITIONS Fowler’s Fowler’s Semi Fowler’s Semi Fowler’s Dorsal Recumbent Dorsal Recumbent Lithotomy Lithotomy Sim’s or Left Lateral Sim’s or Left Lateral Knee Chest Knee Chest Trendelenberg Trendelenberg

GYNECOLOGIC Breast Breast Exam Pelvic Pelvic Exam Papanicolaou Papanicolaou Smear

RECTAL EXAMINATION Females Females Males Males

NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION Pins & Cotton Pins & Cotton Tuning Fork Tuning Fork Opthalmoscope Opthalmoscope Flashlight Flashlight Tongue Depressor Tongue Depressor Percussion Hammer Percussion Hammer Hot and Cold water Hot and Cold water Sweet, bitter, salty and sour Sweet, bitter, salty and sour Common familiar odors Common familiar odors

HEARING EXAMINATION Tuning Fork Audiometer Whisper Test

EYE EXAMINATION Distance – Snellen Distance – Snellen Near – Jaeger, Rosenbaum Near – Jaeger, Rosenbaum Visual fields - Peripheral Visual fields - Peripheral Color - Ishihara Color - Ishihara

TERMINOLOGY Myopia Myopia Hyperopia Hyperopia Astigmatism Astigmatism