Question

What are the different methods of physical examination?​

Answer 1

Explanation:

Inspection. Performed first, inspection is the most repeated of the four physical examination methods. Teaching students...

Palpation. Palpation is the act of touching a patient to feel for abnormalities anywhere in the body. There are two...

Percussion. Percussion includes tapping one’s hands on a patient’s body to produce sound vibrations. The sounds made can...

Auscultation. The final method is auscultation, which is listening to the heart, lungs, neck, or abdomen to gather...

Answer 2

WHEN YOU PERFORM a physical assessment, you'll use four techniques: inspection, palpation, percussion, and auscultation. Use them in sequence—unless you're performing an abdominal assessment. Palpation and percussion can alter bowel sounds, so you'd inspect, auscultate, percuss, then palpate an abdomen.