Assessing heart rate demo
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Auscultation
A clinic term that we use to refer to listening to the internal sounds of the body
Feeling the heart rate ( PALPATING)
Assesses the number of beats per minute
The apex of the heart location
Between the fifth and the sixth ribs
Swishing sound
If a valve does not close all of the way
Clicking sound
If a valve does not open all of the way
S1
Is when the AV valves closed
S2
Is when the SL valves closed
The apex
Point of maximal impulse- the most accurate place to check heart rate
Heart sounds include
Sound one ( S1) and sound two ( S2)