Peripheral Vascular Desease this will take you to a wonderful learning resource with pictures of various things you will be assessing for and what it means.
- Complies with established guidelines
- Compares the extremities by all of the following:
- Palpating for the presence or absence of the most distal pulses
- comparing the most distal corresponding palpable pulse(s)
- Assessing perfusion of extremity(ies) by:
- checking capillary refill or
- observing color
- Assessing for temperature of extremiy (ies)
- Eliciting the pateint's response to tactile stimuli applied to the distal portion of the extrmity (ies)
- Assessing motor function by
- asking the patient to move extrmity (ies) or
- noting movement of the extrmity (ies) in a child under 3 or a non-communicating adult
- Records data related to bilateral comparison of extremities:
- Presence or absence of the most distal pulses
- Capillary refill or color
- Temperature of extremity (ies)
- Response to tactile stimuli
- Motor function
Pulse
Movement
Sensation
Temperature
Capillary refill or Color
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