Posterior triangle (cervical) contents

Contents of the posterior triangle (courtesy of Alexa)

PEOPLE SAY COFFEE BRINGS SOME EXTRA SMILES, TRUE STORY

P: Phrenic nerve
S: Spinal accessory nerve

C: Cervical plexus
B: Brachial plexus

S: Subclavian vein
E: External jugular vein

S: Subclavian artery
T: Transverse cervical artery
S: Suprascapular artery

CHIIMP GILL

Key points to hit when asking a subjective interview:

CHIIMP GILL

C: Chief complaint
H: History (medical personal, family, past surgeries, etc)
I: Imaging
I: Integumentary
M: Meds
P: Pain (locate/palpate it, easing and aggravating factors, intensity 0-10 scale)

G: Goals (what does the client want to achieve)
I: Initial assessment
L: Level of prior function
L: Lifestyle (social, recreational habits, general health i.e. smoker, etc)

CBC and Metabolic Panel lab values

These values vary depending on your source. I'm using the ones we received in lecture (for the most part).

Wells Clinical Prediction Rule for DVT

Wells Clinical Prediction Rule for DVT
CIC BEATS

C: cancer
I:  immobilization (paralysis, paresis, cast)
C: collateral superficial veins

B: bed ridden
E: edema (pitting)
A: alternative diagnosis
T: tenderness along the deep venous distribution
*S: swelling (entire leg and calf)

*I combined 2 of the prediction rules into 1. You will need to take this into account when adding up the score

You're welcome!

mne·mon·ic
nəˈmänik

noun

1. 1.

   a device such as a pattern of letters, ideas, or associations that assists in remembering something.

adjective

1. 1.

   aiding or designed to aid the memory.

Select the BEST answer. The purpose of this blog is to:

1) help me study for the boards

2) help me remember asinine amounts of information

3) help others study for the boards

4) help others learn asinine amounts of information

A. (1 and 3)

B. ( 2 and 4)

C. (only 4)

D. (all of the above)

Hopefully you picked D, because that IS the best answer.  This blog was created as a warehouse of sorts to store all my homemade mnemonics (PG13 and lower).  Some are originals and some are borrowed. All are health/medical professions related and they all may not make sense to you (I have a special brain).  If you are a TWU DPT student, consider yourself a leprechaun. You just found a pot of gold! At some point, I'll organize them by course, but for now, I just need to get them all written down! I encourage others to share their own once I can figure out how to do that.