Advanced Cardiac Assessment: Critical Clues You Should NEVER Miss – Cyndi Zarbano

Don’t miss a beat interpreting heart sounds! Cyndi demonstrates quick & easy methods for identifying significant murmurs and the best interventions based on the findings. Also included:

• Jugular Vein Distention
• Symptom Presentation & Risk
• Critical Thinking Skills that Improve Outcomes

Objectives

• Identify the importance of listening over all four heart valves.
• Recognize the significance of S3 and S4 heart sounds.
• Distinguish between systolic and diastolic murmurs.

Outline

• Cardiac Anatomy
• Auscultating Heart Tones
• Normal Heart Sounds
• Sound Sequence
• Circulation Sequence
• Extra Heart Sounds
  • S2 Split
  • S3 Split
  • S4 Split
  • Summation Gallop
  • Pericardial Rub
  • Benign Clicks
  • Prosthetic Valve Clicks
  • Murmurs
    • Grading Intensity of Murmurs
    • Diastolic Murmurs
      • Aortic Regurgitation
      • Mitral Valve Stenosis
      • Tricuspid Stenosis
• Chest Pains