Medicine Checklists

Checklist
Wash hands, introduce yourself, consent patient.

Upper Limb

• Colour and temperature
• Soft/Firm compartments
• Median
  • Motor – abduct thumb (tests APB)
  • Sensation – radial border of index finger
  • Anterior Interosseous (supracon #) – pincher grip (motor only)
• Radial
  • Motor – extend fingers  (tests ED)
  • Sensory – dorsal surface of first webbed space
• Ulnar
  • Motor – finger abduction and adduction (interossei/lumbricals)
  • Sensory – edge of little finger
• Power grip – grip 2 fingers tightly
• Pincher grip – index and thumb pinches examiners finger
• Pulses
  • Radial
  • Ulnar
  • ->Brachial

Lower Limb

• Colour and temperature
• Soft/firm compartments
• Deep Peroneal
  • Motor – dorsiflexion ankle + hallux (TA, EDL, EHL)
  • Sensation – webspace b/w first and second toes
• Superficial Peroneal
  • Motor – eversion (PL/PB)
  • Sensation – dorsum of foot
• Tibial
  • Motor – ankle and toe plantarflexion
  • Sensory – heel, plantar aspect of foot
• Pulses
  • Posterior tibial
  • Distal pedal
  • ->Popliteal and femoral