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Abdomen assessment : To Assess the Abdomen, Palpate all 4 Quadrants for : "DR. GERM"
D : Distension: liver problems, bowel obstruction
R : Rigidity (board like): bleeding
G : Guarding: muscular tension when touched
E : Eviseration/ Ecchymosis
R : Rebound tenderness: infection
M : Masses

Branham sign: Definition ; "BRAnham sign"
BRAdycardia after Compression or Excision of a Large AV fistula.

Clinical Examination ; Initial Inspection of Patient from End of Bed : ABC"
A : Appearance (SOB, pain, etc)
B : Behaviour
C : Connections (drips, inhalers, etc connected to patient)

End-of-bed observations : "JACCOL"
J : Jaundice
A : Anaemia
C : Cyanosis
C : Clubbing
O : Oedema
L : Lymphadenopathy

Examination of a Swelling: "SPACE TITS"
S : Size (and shape)
P : Position (and pulsation)
A : Attachments
C : Consistency
E : Edges
T : Transillumination
I : Inflammation (and temperature, erythema, pain)
T : Thrills (and bruits)
S : Surface

Glasgow Coma Scale Components and Numbers : Scale types Are
3 V's
Visual response
Verbal response
Vibratory (motor) response
Scale scores are 4,5,6
Scale of 4: see so much more
Scale of 5: talking jive
Scale of 6: feels the pricks(if testing motor by pain withdrawl)

Heart Ausculation Sites: "All People Take Milk (of) 2255ml"
Aortic valve
Pulmonary valve
Tricuspid valve
Mitral valve
In order they correspond with the following landmarks
2nd intercostal space (right)
2nd intercostal space (left)
5th intercostal space (left)
Apex (still the 5th intercostal space)

Parkinson's Disease Examination : "TRAMESS"
T : Tremor
R : Rigidity
A : Akinesia
M : Micrographic
E : Eye movements (Glabellar tap and impaired upward gaze in supranuclear palsy)
S : Speech slow and monotonous
S : Shuffling gait (stooped posture, reduced arm swing)

Patient Examination Organization : "SOAP"
S : Subjective: what the patient says.
O : Objective: what the examiner observes.
A : Assessment: what the examiner thinks is going on.
P : Plan: what they intend to do about it.

Peripheral Nervous Examination: "Ten People Run-over Small Children"
T : Tone
P : Power
R : Reflexes
S : Sensation
C : Co-ordination/ Clonus

Physical exam For Lumps and Bumps : "6 Students and 3 Teachers go for CAMPFIRE"

Site, Size, Shape, Surface, Skin, Scar

Tenderness, Temperature, Transillumination

C : Consistency
A : Attachment
M : Mobility
P : Pulsation
F : Fluctuation
I : Irreducibility
R : Regional lymph nodes
E : Edge

Physical Examination ; Correct Order : "I Palpate Patients's Abdomens"
Inspection
Palpation
Percussion
Auscultation

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