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So, how many of you listen to heart sounds as part of your normal assessment? Do you do it for all patients or only when you have a suspicion of cardiac illness?
Do you feel you are competent enough to differentiate various sounds or just enough to know if a murmur is present?
For those of you who do not, why?
A brief overview for those who are new..
Remember the areas you auscultate are no the exact anatomical location of the valves associated with them.
Audio examples of various sounds
http://depts.washington.edu/physdx/heart/demo.html
Another great video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFcf5a6BZGw
Do you feel you are competent enough to differentiate various sounds or just enough to know if a murmur is present?
For those of you who do not, why?
A brief overview for those who are new..
Remember the areas you auscultate are no the exact anatomical location of the valves associated with them.
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Audio examples of various sounds
http://depts.washington.edu/physdx/heart/demo.html
Another great video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFcf5a6BZGw
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