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H&P Guide
H&P Guide
Location (radiate)
fever, chills, nausea, vomiting, headache, weight changes, SOB, dizziness, travel, cough
Alleviating factors
Aggravating factors
Past Medical Hx
Hospitalizations/surgeries
Medications
Family Hx
Social Hx
Occupation
Spiritual/religious
Smoking/alcohol/drugs
Sexually active
HEENT
Inspect: normocephalic/atraumatic | conjunctiva redness/exudates EOMI | Pupils PERRLA | Visual Fields
o Nose: clear | congested | inflamed turbinates
o Mouth/throat: moist membranes | lesions | tonsils++ | dentition
Fundoscopic exam:
Palpate: External ear pain | mastoid pain | TMJ
Otoscopic exam of ear canal/tympanic membrane:
Weber: quiet side= conductive loss
Rinne: confirm conductive loss w/ bone conduction better than air
Cardiovascular
Inspect: Scars | JVD | Cyanosis
Palpate: PMI non-displaced | retrosternal heave | thrills
Auscultation x4 areas: Aortic | Pulmonic | Tricuspid | Mitral
Carotid/thyroid bruits:
Pedal edema, peripheral pulses:
Respiratory
Inspect: normal rate/rhythm | scars | accessory muscle use
Palpate: equal expansion | delayed expansion | asymmetry
o Tactile Fremitus: “toy boat” increased (consolid/fluid) | decreased (COPD)
Percuss: resonant | dull | tympanic
Auscultate: clear | wheezes | ronchi | egophany | diminished
Abdomen
Inspect: scars | asymmetry | distention
Auscultate: bowel sounds + | bruits
Percuss: bowel gas | splenomegaly | hepatomegaly
Palpate: NTND | Pain | Tenderness | Masses | Abd Aorta
Psoas: flex hip against knee pressure= retroperitoneal
Obturator: bent knee/hip, knee medial/ankle lateral= appendix or pelvic
Murphy’s: pain R costal margin w/inspiration= gallbladder/liver
CVA tenderness: none | left | right
Neurologic
Oriented: x4 | Person | Place | Time | Event
CN: Grossly Intact | II= vision | III, IV, VI= EOM | V= facial sensation VII= Smile, raise brows, close eyes against fingers
| IX, X= symmetrical palate raise | XI= shrug shoulders | XII= Stick out tongue
Motor: Strength 5/5 in all groups
DTR: Intact and symmetric
Babinski sign:
Sensation:
Cerebellum: Romberg + Finger to nose fail
Gait
Neck Stiffness: none | present
Tremor: none | Resting | Action
Mental Status
Oriented: x4 | Person | Place | Time | Event
Immediate Memory (3 objects): One | Two | Three objects
Recent Memory: Lunch Yesterday
Distant Memory: Name high school
Short Term Memory: One | Two | Three objects
Concentration: serial 7s
Joint:
Inspect: Swelling Redness Asymmetry Contusions
Palpate: Tenderness Crepitus Warmth Swelling Effusion
ROM:
Reflexes (4), Strength (5), Pulses (4)