ENT Block Four: Anatomy and Physiology, Examination and Hearing Testing, Deafness, Otitis Media, Mastoiditis, Epistaxis, Sinusitis and Laryngeal Carcinoma

An ENT nursing block built to let the student promote health, prevent illness, diagnose, manage and coordinate rehabilitation for infants, children and adults with common ear, nose and throat problems. It reviews the anatomy and physiology of the ear, nose and throat - the external, middle and inner ear, the tympanic membrane and the ossicles, the nasal cavity and the pharynx - and the examination of the ear, nose and throat including testing the senses of hearing and smell. The conditions then follow each with its definition, cause, clinical features, diagnosis, specific and general management, complications and prevention: deafness, deflected nasal septum, otitis media, mastoiditis, epistaxis, rhinitis, sinusitis, laryngitis, pharyngitis, tonsillitis and carcinoma of the larynx and post-nasal space, with ear syringing.