Heart Exam

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  1. Visual Survey
    • Breathlessness
    • Cyanosis
    • Pallor
    • Malar flush
    • Carotids
    • Jugulars
    • Valvotomy scar, midline scar
    • Ankle oedema
    • Clubbing, splinter haemorrhages
  2. Pulse (rate & rhythm)
  3. Lift up the arm (collapsing?)
  4. Radiofemoral delay
  5. Brachials and carotids (?slow rising?)
  6. Venous pressure
  7. Apex beat
  8. Tapping impulse
  9. Right ventricular lift
  10. Other pulsations, thrills, palpable sounds
  11. Auscultation
    • Time heart sounds, etc.
    • Turn patient onto left side
    • Lean patient forwards
  12. Sacral oedema (?ankle oedema)
  13. Lung bases
  14. Liver
  15. Blood pressure