Introduces self | 0 | 1 | |
Confirms name & age of patient | 0 | 1 | |
Explains & gains consent from parents and child | 0 | 1 | |
Washes hands | 0 | 1 | |
Exposes patient from nipple to knees and lies them flat | 0 | 1 | |
Asks if patient is in pain | 0 | 1 | |
Asks to see red book to check growth and vaccination history. Offers to plot current height and weight | 0 | 1 | |
General inspection around bed and patient for scars, distension, abdominal movements, stoma sites, hernias, drains and lines | 0 | 1 | |
Inspects hands for clubbing, leukonychia, koilonychia, palmer erythema | 0 | 1 | |
Looks for asterixis or flapping tremor | 0 | 1 | |
Inspects eyes for jaundice, conjunctival pallor | 0 | 1 | |
Inspects mouth for Peutz-Jeghers brown freckles, central cyanosis, macroglossis, glositis, dryness, ulcers | 0 | 1 | |
Offers to inspect jugular venous pulse | 0 | 1 | |
Inspects chest for spider naevi | 0 | 1 | |
Feels Virchow’s node in the left supraclavicular fossa | 0 | 1 | |
Inspects abdomen closely for masses, hernias, scars, peristaltic movements | 0 | 1 | |
Asks patient to cough to bring out any hernias | 0 | 1 | |
Palpates all regions lightly whilst looking at patient for signs of pain. Also looks for guarding, rebound tenderness and rigidity | 0 | 1 | |
Palpates deeply for masses and deep tenderness | 0 | 1 | |
Identifies features of masses (site, size, shape, edge, consistency, percussion note, bowel sounds) | 0 | 1 | |
Palpates for liver from right iliac fossa on deep breathing. If enlarged describes edge (up to 2cm is normal) | 0 | 1 | |
Palpates for spleen from right iliac fossa to left hypochondrium | 0 | 1 | |
Ballots kidneys on inspiration | 0 | 1 | |
Percusses for the upper and lower borders of the liver | 0 | 1 | |
Percusses for the spleen asking patient to roll over to percuss behind | 0 | 1 | |
Percusses for suprapubic dullness in bladder distension | 0 | 1 | |
Perscusses for shifting dullness of ascites (waiting 30 seconds after patient rolls over) | 0 | 1 | |
Auscultates for bowel sounds for at least 30 seconds | 0 | 1 | |
Auscultates for renal and aortic bruits | 0 | 1 | |
Thanks patient and offers help to redress | 0 | 1 | |
Washes hands | 0 | 1 | |
Requests full inguinal exam including examination of the external genitalia and urinanalysis | 0 | 1 | |
Summarise appropriately with only key findings. | 0 | 1 | |
Offer appropriate differential diagnoses. | 0 | 1 | |
Patient global score | 0 | 1 | 2 |
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