Preface; About the authors; Acknowledgement HISTORY TAKING Chest pain; History of palpitations; Shortness of breath; Cough; Abdominal pain; Nausea and vomiting; Dysphagia; Jaundice; Haematuria; Headache; Loss of consciousness; Loss of vision; Red eye; Hearing loss; Depression; Suicide risk assessment; Alcohol; Psychosis EXAMINATION SKILLS Cardiovascular examination; Respiratoryexamination; Abdomenexamination; Inguinal scrotalexamination; Rectalexamination; Cranial nervesexamination; Upper limb motor systemexamination; Lower limb motor systemexamination; Upper limb sensory systemexamination; Lower limb sensory system examination; Gait and coordination; Eyeexamination; Earexamination; PVE: Arterial; PVE: venous; Examination of a lump; Thyroidexamination; Lymph nodes examination PROCEDURES Hand washing; Surgical scrubbing; Wound swabbing; Taking a blood pressure; Body mass index; Recording an ECG; Measuring blood glucose; Urine dip testing; Venepuncture; Blood cultures; Cannulation and IV infusion; Blood transfusion; Peak flow meter explanation; Inhaler explanation; Spacer device explanation; Setting up a nebulizer; Arterial blood gas sampling; Nasogastric intubation; Male catheterization Answers to common clinical scenarios
Summary
Clinical Skills Explained bridges the gap between the major textbooks and the OSCE crammer books; it could be the only clinical skills books you need for the introductory clinical years!
Notes
Includes index
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed February 5, 2015)
