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Lab Assignment

Lab Assignment

Part 1

Discuss the elements of inspection of an anterior and posterior chest wall.

What are three factors that affect tactile fremitus?

Discuss the five (5) factors that can affect auscultation. 

Part 2

What are normal heart sounds? Where are they best heard? What do these heart sounds indicate?

What are abnormal heart sounds? What do these heart sounds indicate?

What is a pulse deficit? How is it calculated?

Part 3

Identify the peripheral arterial pulses. Discuss the grading scale for arterial pulses.

Discuss the grading scale for edema. What does the presence of edema indicate?

Discuss the symptoms of Raynaud's disease.


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