PE Flashcards
Areas to include
V/S, general, skin, HEENT, neck, chest, abd, external genitalia, MS, Neuro, Developmental assessment (Kids to age 12)
Vital signs
VS, height, weight, BMI, percentiles for kiddos, head circumference (until age 2)
general
WDWN, NAD
HEENT
eye: snellen, RR babies, PERRL, EOMI, disc margins sharp, vessels without nicking, conjunctiva pink, sclera white
ear: TM gray/reflective, EAC clear
nose: nasal mucosa pink/moist, nares patent, no discharge/lesions
mouth: dentition intact, mucosa pink, no leions
throat: tonsils 1+ (B), pharynx without exudates, non-injected
neck
no LAD, masses, thyromegaly, bruits
Chest
CTA A & P, RRR, no m/r/g
abdomen
no HSM, masses, hernia, NT, no CVAT
skin
pink, good turgor, no lesions, redness, cyanosis, nail clubbing, good cap refill
musculoskeletal
full ROM, muscle strength 5/5, extremities symmetric/warm, pulses 2+&=B
muscle grading (FOR MS CATEGORY)
D (deltoid), T (triceps), B (biceps), WF (wrist flexion), WE (wrist extension), Quad (quadriceps), PF (plantar flexion), DF (dorsiflexion)
male genitalia
Tanner, no lesions, lumps,pain, inflammation or discharge, circ/uncirc, testes descend B, no inguinal LAD
pelvic
BUS: no lesion/d/c, ulva- no lesions, vagina: no d/c/lesions, Cx: no lesion, d/c, CMT, uterus: NSST (if prego: gravid, FH, NT, FHTs, contractions), NT, adnexa- no masses, NT
rectum
no masses, d/c, fissures, hemorrhoids, guiac neg, males prostate
Neurological
CN II-XII grossly intact, DTRs: biceps 2+ &= (B), brachioradialis 2+ &= (B), patellar 2+=(B), Achilles’ 1+ &= (B), Babinski absent
reflex grading (FOR NEURO CATEGORY)
evaluate biceps (c4,c5), triceps (c6,c7,c8), brachioradialis (c5,c6), patellar (L2, L3, L4), achilles’ (s1,s2), plantar/babinski (L4,L5,s1,s2)
