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Orientation to Hospital R otation. Malak Gazzaz ENT Demonstrator Umm Al Qura University. Welcome !. Otorhinolargyngology. What is ENT?.
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Orientation to Hospital Rotation Malak Gazzaz ENT Demonstrator Umm Al Qura University
What is ENT? • It involves diagnosis, medical treatment and surgical intervention for a variety of diseases affecting the ear, nose and throat as well as related areas of the neck, head and face.
A wonderful specialty! • Combination of surgical and medical problems • Diverse patient population • Challenging • Use of cutting-edge surgical technology
What makes a good Otolaryngologist? • Prefers working with his or her hands • Always brings new creative approaches to the same problem • Enjoys extensive patient contact • Likes seeing the immediate results of treatment • Is a perfectionist who pays close attention to details
The doctor-patient relationship Long term Short term Facial plastics • Head and neck surgeons • General otolaryngologists or sinus surgeons • Pediatric otolaryngologists • Otologists • Laryngologists
Kind Abdullah medical city, Makkah Al-Zaher Hospital, Makkah Al-Noor Specialist Hospital, Makkah. King Faisal Hospital, Makkah Hera’a General Hospital, Makkah. Kind Abdulaziz medical city (National Guard Hospital), Jeddah King Fahad Hospital, Jeddah
See daily Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery practice How patients are interviewed ( history taking ) How to examine ear, nose, throat, head and neck. To use common instrument in diagnosis and management Learn basic Audiologicaltest and its interpretation.
Otology • How to use the otoscope • Describe landmarks on visualization of the tympanic membrane • Recognize and describe abnormal findings on ear examination • Perform Weber and Rinne tuning fork tests • Obtain a history characterizing dizziness to differentiate vestibular versus non-vestibular causes of dizziness
Sinus Surgery/Rhinology • Examine the nose using a headlight and nasal speculum • Recognize a septaldeviation • Recognize nasal polyps and differentiate it from normal anatomy (turbinates) • Identify Little’s area, a common site of epistaxis • Advise a patient with recurrent epistaxis on epistaxis precautions, and witness management of simple nosebleed • Order appropriate investigations for acute and chronic sinusitis
Head and Neck Surgery • To examine the neck and recognize normal and abnormal structures • Describe relevant characteristics of a neck mass • Order appropriate investigations of a neck mass
References ENT Toronto Notes
References Lecture Notes On Diseases of Ear, Nose & Throat, By E. H. Miles Foxen
References New Short Textbook of Otolaryngology, By MS McCormick, W J Primrose