Undergraduate Medical Education

CSI 201 - Skills Lab # 3:

Heart Sounds

OBJECTIVES/COMPETENCIES: At the end of this lab, students will be able to:

• Demonstrate and review proper technique for cardiac exam

• Identify the appropriate bony landmarks and auscultatory area (aortic, pulmonic, tricuspid, and mitral). 

• Identify first and second heart sounds (S1 and S2), distinguish systolic from diastolic in the cardiac cycle.

• Identify S3 and S4 heart sounds.

• Identify systolic and diastolic murmurs.

Read Bates (13e) textbook, Chapter 16: Cardiovascular System (E-Book Link: pages 489-560) prior to the session.  Also, review the PowerPoint presentation on Skills Lab 3, which may be printed out as handout.  Take on-line pre-test prior to the "Zoom" scheduled review: pretest, discussion, and question/answer. After the Zoom session, student groups will attend a scheduled lab session for a procedure demonstration. Students will report to the Skills Lab to demonstrate the procedure/skill on either an anatomical model or patient simulator.

 

WEB BASED INFORMATION / NOTES:

https://www.easyauscultation.com/

 

EQUIPMENT:  None

 

DRESS:  Comfortable Clothes.

 

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Updated: 5/29/23