Head to toe

Procedure

How to dohead to toe

Penlight

1.after that do the inspection on the eye area, observe the movement of the eyeball eyeball.
eyelid observe, note the shape and any abnormalities.
2.konjuntiva observe and taste.
3. observe the color of the iris and pupil, pupil shape, and pupil reaction to light.
4. observe the ears, ear entrance, and note the presence or absence of inflammation bleeding, dirt,
wax.
5. observe lips to know congential abnormalities, cleft lip, lip color.
6. observe the state of the teeth, oral hygiene, and bad breath.

examination of the neck

1. inspection neck, skin color, for the presence of lymph node swelling.
2. palpation of the neck to investigate the thyroid gland

examination of the chest and lungs

1. inspections to detect breast shape deformity of the spine.
2. palpation of the chest to assess the state of the skin on the chest wall tenderness. patients are
advised to inhale long. then tasted and compared between the two sides.
3. percussion lungs anterior to the clavicle starting ats on each spatium intercostal. percussive
sounds of resonant to dim.
4. lung auscultation with a stethoscope. to know the sound of breath sounds.

cardiac
1. inspection of the heart, pulsation for any abnormalities or encouragement.

abdominal examination
1. abdominal inspection, to determine the shape and movements of the abdomen.
2. auscultation, listening to the sound of the belly caused peristaltic movement of food or gas along
intestina and blood vessels.

3. percussion, made to listen to a gas, liquid, mass, in the stomach. percussion is also to find out lien
and liver. Abdominal percussion sounds are normal tympanic
4. palpation, the most final assessment done in stomach.
light palpation, the nurse put his hand on the abdomen Pasian with the fingers parallel to the
stomach.

reflex examination
reflex is tested by providing stimulus and observed response repon caused this to happen in the
muscles soft.

examination endema
to determine the swelling, by pressing the foot on the heel.