Good morning, my name is Loo Yi Jia and I'm a first-year medical student. Can I confirm that you're Mr/Ms so-and-so? I'm sent here today to do a brief examination of your chest. This can help us to obtain a better understanding of your condition. This process will involve me inspecting your chest and touching your chest area. You will need to remove your upper garment to expose your chest. A chaperon is provided and all my findings will be kept confidential between me, you, and the medical team in charge. With that being said, do I have your consent to proceed?
Thank you. Now please remove your upper garment as I wash my hands.
Are you in any pain?
Mr/Ms so-and-so, age, is lying propped up 45 degrees on the couch. He appears to be conscious, alert and communicative. He does not seem to be in obvious pain or any respiratory distress. He is well-built and well-nourished and has no visible medical gadgets attached to him.
Now can you take a deep breath in? And breath out. Thank you.
The patient's chest does not seem to have any gross deformities, no surgical scars, no distended veins and visible pulsations. There are no injuries, no redness or any other lesions. The chest rises and falls symmetrically with respiration. The anterior-posterior diameter is about half of the lateral diameter.
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I'm done with my examination and all the information I've gathered will be passed to my consultant. Do you have any questions for me?
You may put on your clothing now. Thank you for your time.
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