Limb exam

Introduction

Positioning

Exposure

Inpection

  • Room
  • Patient

Ask for vital signs

Gait

Decide system affected then focus in on (announce to examiner)

  • MSS
    • Look
    • Feel
    • Move
    • Function
  • Neuro
    • Motor
    • Sensory
  • Vasc
    • look
      • color
      • skin
        • Ulcers (describe if found)
      • atrophy
    • feel
      • warmth
      • CRT
      • pulses
    • move
      • Buergers test
    • special
      • doppler
      • ABI