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You are taking a health history for 35 y/o woman who reports having had cluster
headache in the past. Which findings would you expect for cluster headaches?
Triggered by alcohol, pain, or perfume
A 22 y/o adult comes to your clinic for an employment physical examination. As you
palpate the cervical lymph nodes, which characteristics would be healthy and expected?
Mobile, soft, non tender
A 20 y/o man suffers a blow to his head from another player's leg during a soccer game.
You assess I'm 6 hours later, and he reports a moderate headache and nausea, vomiting
one time, blurred vision while reading his phone screen. No loss of consciousness after
injury. No further assessment abnormalities. What is advice to give this patient?
Bed rest 24 hrs, no reading, no screen watching, no brain activity
During history collection, a 78 y/o retired female gardener reports blurry vision existing
for about 5-6 years. Her husband says the woman's pupils look "milky" What are the
appropriate responses:
Does your blurry vision affect your daily activities AND
Do objects appear out of focus?
You are testing vision using the Snellen alphabet chart. A 14 y/o girl has a result of
20/40 right eye and 20/50 left eye. You observe her pausing and hesitant about some of
the letters. Your next best action would be?
Alert the girl and her parent for the need to refer to an eye specialist.
, You plan to assess the pupillary light reflex on a hospitalized 20 y/o soccer player
suspected of concussion. Your correct action would be to?
Ask the person to stare into the distance behind you, use a pupil gauge to assess the findings
in millimeters, refer unequal pupil response to the physician
During a screening examination you inspect the ocular fungus using he ophthalmoscope
on a 21 y/o woman who reports no abnormal symptoms during the history collection.
Your best action would be to:
Remove your own glasses and approach the woman's left eye with your left eye
During the ophthalmoscope exam the mechanism causing the red reflex is:
Light reflecting from the retina
Which of the following eye disorders prompt urgent referral to an ER
Sudden acute loss of vision in one eye
Obvious trauma to eye ball
Diagnosis of Herpes Zoster infection on face
One unequal pupil that is dilated, distorted in shape, with redness around iris.
During history collection the mother of a 5 y/o boy tells you that he has discharge from
one ear. What is the most appropriate response?
Does it look like pus? Or is it bloody?
Any odor or discharge?
You inspect a 45 y/o woman's ear canal using the otoscope. The tympanic membrane is
pearly gray and slightly concave Your next action is to be:
Proceed with the exam as this is an expected finding
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You are taking a health history for 35 y/o woman who reports having had cluster
headache in the past. Which findings would you expect for cluster headaches?
Triggered by alcohol, pain, or perfume
A 22 y/o adult comes to your clinic for an employment physical examination. As you
palpate the cervical lymph nodes, which characteristics would be healthy and expected?
Mobile, soft, non tender
A 20 y/o man suffers a blow to his head from another player's leg during a soccer game.
You assess I'm 6 hours later, and he reports a moderate headache and nausea, vomiting
one time, blurred vision while reading his phone screen. No loss of consciousness after
injury. No further assessment abnormalities. What is advice to give this patient?
Bed rest 24 hrs, no reading, no screen watching, no brain activity
During history collection, a 78 y/o retired female gardener reports blurry vision existing
for about 5-6 years. Her husband says the woman's pupils look "milky" What are the
appropriate responses:
Does your blurry vision affect your daily activities AND
Do objects appear out of focus?
You are testing vision using the Snellen alphabet chart. A 14 y/o girl has a result of
20/40 right eye and 20/50 left eye. You observe her pausing and hesitant about some of
the letters. Your next best action would be?
Alert the girl and her parent for the need to refer to an eye specialist.
, You plan to assess the pupillary light reflex on a hospitalized 20 y/o soccer player
suspected of concussion. Your correct action would be to?
Ask the person to stare into the distance behind you, use a pupil gauge to assess the findings
in millimeters, refer unequal pupil response to the physician
During a screening examination you inspect the ocular fungus using he ophthalmoscope
on a 21 y/o woman who reports no abnormal symptoms during the history collection.
Your best action would be to:
Remove your own glasses and approach the woman's left eye with your left eye
During the ophthalmoscope exam the mechanism causing the red reflex is:
Light reflecting from the retina
Which of the following eye disorders prompt urgent referral to an ER
Sudden acute loss of vision in one eye
Obvious trauma to eye ball
Diagnosis of Herpes Zoster infection on face
One unequal pupil that is dilated, distorted in shape, with redness around iris.
During history collection the mother of a 5 y/o boy tells you that he has discharge from
one ear. What is the most appropriate response?
Does it look like pus? Or is it bloody?
Any odor or discharge?
You inspect a 45 y/o woman's ear canal using the otoscope. The tympanic membrane is
pearly gray and slightly concave Your next action is to be:
Proceed with the exam as this is an expected finding
