Administrator rev ronin Posted December 29, 2011 Administrator Share Posted December 29, 2011 So I got a chance to look through this month's "PA professional" magazine, and was drawn in by the calendar insert. While I thought the October vignette won for "cheesiest" ("I'm a PA. I honor and celebrate my colleagues during PA week"), I have a serious question about the cover photo: What on earth is the Asian female PA depicted doing with her stethoscope? It's positioned at the eyeline between camera and PA, so my first thought was that it's more usual to do "broad H" extraocular muscle testing with a pen or fingertip... but then I notice she has the earpieces in. So really, can anyone enlighten me about which procedure would have a PA using a stethoscope to listen to a patient's face? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andersenpa Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 She's saying "I'm using this to hear the word's tiniest violin, playing for your sad story...." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LESH Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 Cynical you are Darth Anderspa. But I don't care who you are that's funny...lol LesH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToppDog Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 Maybe she wants the patient to yell in it to see if she has the correct side working :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator EMEDPA Posted December 29, 2011 Moderator Share Posted December 29, 2011 maybe she's a student with no prior experience. you know, a typical applicant in 2011. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIPPER Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 PA's in Alternative Medicine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator rev ronin Posted December 29, 2011 Author Administrator Share Posted December 29, 2011 PA's in Alternative MedicineWhat alternative practices use facial auscultation? Inquiring minds want to know... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joelseff Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 maybe she's a student with no prior experience. you know, a typical applicant in 2011. HAHAHAHA!!!! You made my dreary day!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneValgene Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 So I got a chance to look through this month's "PA professional" magazine, and was drawn in by the calendar insert. While I thought the October vignette won for "cheesiest" ("I'm a PA. I honor and celebrate my colleagues during PA week"), I have a serious question about the cover photo: What on earth is the Asian female PA depicted doing with her stethoscope? It's positioned at the eyeline between camera and PA, so my first thought was that it's more usual to do "broad H" extraocular muscle testing with a pen or fingertip... but then I notice she has the earpieces in. So really, can anyone enlighten me about which procedure would have a PA using a stethoscope to listen to a patient's face? so, i haven't seen the photo. but i have heard of people auscultating for temporal artery bruits. also, heard of people listening for other cranial bruits over the orbit like this: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK289/figure/A596/?report=objectonly but what your post really reminded me of was this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIPPER Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 What alternative practices use facial auscultation? Inquiring minds want to know... That's the joke... "alternative"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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