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General Appearance Cephalocaudal Physical Assessment
General Appearance Cephalocaudal Physical Assessment
mY The patient is conscious, well-oriented of his present condition and showed interest with the interview by
answering every question instantaneously.
mY The patient͛s Vital Signs are normal with a temperature of 37.3 centigrade, pulse rate of 84 beats per minute,
respiration rate of 20 breaths per minute and blood pressure of 120/60.
mY upon receiving the patient, the patient was pale-looking and complains of pain on both lower extremities. But
at the moment, the patient is looking good with no complaints of pain at all.
mY The patient has no obvious physical deformities or abnormalities.
mY The patient showed no sign or potential signs of distress.
mY physically, the patient͛s nutritional status and body built/stature is appropriate to his age.
mY The patient is relaxed, has an erect posture and coordinated by body movements, can freely move, flex and
extend his extremities, doesn͛t use any assistive device and can voluntarily move.
mY The patient has a good facial expression without grimacing.
mY The patient͛s mood is appropriate to the situation, has appropriate response, comfortable and calm.
mY The patient is understandable, and moderate in pace.
mY The patient physically looks clean and neat.
mY Ñ AD AND FAC
The patient͛s scalp is lighter than the color of his skin and has no areas of tenderness. The hair is evenly distributed
and is thick. The patient has symmetric facial movements.
mY
The patient͛s eyebrows have evenly distributed hair, has intact skin, symmetrically aligned, and has equal movement.
The conjunctiva is transparent, capillaries sometimes evident, and sclera appears white and clear. The cornea is
transparent, shiny and smooth, details of iris are visible. The iris is brown, flat and round. The patient͛s visual acuity is
normal.
mY AR
The patient͛s external ear canal is dry, has presence of hair follicles, no pus or blood. Normal voice tones are audible
to patient. Sound is heard on both or localized at the center of the head. ar is without masses.
mY NOS
The patient has no tenderness on sinuses. The nose is in the midline, has no discharges, no nasal flaring, both nares
are patent, and no bone and cartilage deviation noted on palpation.
mY CÑ ST (ANT RIOR)
Breathing pattern is quiet, rhythmic and effortless. Chest is symmetric upon expansion, has flat sound on the part
with heavy muscles and bony prominences, tympani on the stomach, dullness on the liver and spleen,
bronchovesicular and vesicular.
mY Ñ ART
The patient͛s heart has no palpable pulsation over the aortic, pulmonic, and mitral valves, no noted abnormal heaves,
and thrills felt over the apex, and no abnormal heart sounds is heard like murmurs.
mY ABDOD N
The patient͛s abdomen skin color is uniform, no lesions, have scar, flat, rounded, no tenderness noted, with smooth
and consistent tension, and has no muscle guarding.
mY DuSCuLOSK L TAL
The patient͛s muscles are bilaterally symmetric, has no contractures and tremors, normal muscle tension, adequate
strength of the muscle. The bones are uniform in structure, no deformities, tenderness or edema. Joints are not
tender, has smooth movement and no nodules.