Patient ExaminationsLaajuus (1 cr)

Objective

Objectives

Students will
• Know how to come into contact with and interview the person to be examined
• Understand the functions of vital organs in the human body
• Be familiar with clinical examination methods and their principles

Content

Contents

• Interaction and communication competence
• Clinical examination of a patient following the ABCDE principles
• Key methods for examining people: interview, anamnesis, inspection, palpation, auscultation, percussion, observation, indicators
• Preconditions of good clinical examinations and their implementation: general condition, breathing, circulation, consciousness, excretion, musculoskeletal system, skin
• Monitoring a healthy patient, recording an ECG and basics of interpretation