NAME:
YEAR & SECTION:
DATE:
ACTIVITY 1: PEDIATRIC ASSESSMENT
I). ANTHROPOMETRIC DETAILS
Name:
Age:
Gender:
Date of birth:
Weight:
Height
A: Patient and/ or family interview.
1. Determine Patient’s level of conciousness
2. Check orientation to time, place and person
3. Assess the patient emotional state.
4. Identify activities of daily living.
5. Evaluate physical environment, social support systems, and/ or exercise tolerance.
6. Evaluate Nutritional Status.
B. Review Past Medical History
1. Recurrent illnesses
2. Hospitalization
3. Immunization
4. Growth and development.
5. Childhood illnesses
6. Food or medication allergies
7. Eating habits
8. School attendance
9.Current / recent medications.
Physical Assessment of a child
1. Assessment by inspection
A. general appearance -age, height weight sex, nourishment
B. Peripheral edema
C. Digital clubbing
D. Venous distention
E. Capillary refill
F. Skin color
G. Chest Configuration
I. Movement of the chest/ diaphragm
J. Breathing pattern.
2. Assessment by Palpation
A. Pulse
B. Tracheal Deviation
C. Tactile fremitus
D. abdomen
3. Assessment by Percussion
Assess the following sounds if present.
A. resonance
B. Flat
C. dull
D. tymphanic
E. Hyperresonance.
4. Assessment by Auscultation
A. Note for vesicular or adventitious breath sounds
B. Increased, decreased , unequal or absent breath sounds
C. Heart sounds.
D. BLood pressure.