OPETA: Chest

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View Entire Video Primary Exam General Pulmonary Inspection Pulmonary Palpation Pulmonary Percussion Pulmonary Auscultation Special Considerations Be able to identify the significance of a positive finding of any of these tests Tactile Femitus Chest Expansion Diaphramatic Excursion Egophony Peak Flow Monitoring Special Considerations for a Female Patient	Pulmonary Percussion Place distal middle finger against chest and tapping smartly with opposite middle finger produced a good percussion "note" Percuss a minimum 6 anterior points Percuss a minimum 4 posterior points Percuss a minimum 1 lateral point bilaterally Identify lobes of each lung bilaterally Special Considerations Diaphragmatic excursion
ONLINE PHYSICAL EXAM TEACHING ASSISTANT	The UF College of Medicine Harrell Center

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