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HEAS 1000 FINAL EXAM WITH CORRECT ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECTLY WELL DEFINED
ANSWERS LATEST ALREADY GRADED A+
Explain wheezing - ...(ANSWERS)....-High pitched, sounds like whistling
Where do you hear Erb's - ...(ANSWERS)....-Left of the sternal border, 3rd
intercostal space
How do you examine posterior chest expansion - ...(ANSWERS)....-Place your
hands on patients back and your thumbs should move outwards apart evenly
When would you expect to hear S4 sounds - ...(ANSWERS)....-Abnormal sounds,
heard diastole when ventricles are resistant to filling
When would you expect to hear S3 sounds - ...(ANSWERS)....-Abnormal sounds
like quivering (light swishing) heard ventricular diastole
What side is the heart on - ...(ANSWERS)....-Left
How would you describe a pulse - ...(ANSWERS)....-Strong and regular
Where is the apical pulse - ...(ANSWERS)....-5th intercostal space midclavicular on
left side, listen for 1 full minute
, 2
How would you assess tactile fremitus - ...(ANSWERS)....-Have patient say "99"
and you should feel a vibration.
-If there is no sound, you may be on bone, there may be a blockage, or a mass is
present.
-There may be an increase in lung density
Tricuspid valve - ...(ANSWERS)....-Left between 4th and 5th intercostal space on
the sternal border.
-In taller patients go with the 5th intercostal space
Describe vesicular breath sounds - ...(ANSWERS)....-soft, low-pitched sounds
-auscultated over the lungs periphery
-inspiration is longer, louder, and higher-pitched than expiration
Describe crackles - ...(ANSWERS)....-bubbling, crackling, popping
-low-to-high pitched, discontinuous sounds
-auscultated during inspiration
-occurs in small air passages, alveoli, bronchioles, bronchi, and trachea
-sounds are made as air passes through wet secretions
-Sounds like air moving through fluid
What is sprungcohony - ...(ANSWERS)....-Abnormality,
-When your feel a negative tactile fremitus, suspect increased lung density
, 3
-The sound vibrates, and is found on palpation
Where do you listen to the mitral valve - ...(ANSWERS)....-Left 5th intercostal
space, midclavicular line
-Same as apical
Where is the pulmonic valve - ...(ANSWERS)....-Left 2nd intercostal space
Subjective question of the peripheral vascular system - ...(ANSWERS)....-Have you
noticed any swelling in your ams or legs
Describe bronchial breath sounds - ...(ANSWERS)....-Loud, sounds like air moving
through a big tube (trachea)
Where is the apex of the heart - ...(ANSWERS)....-5th and 6th intercostal space on
the left side
What is forthopia - ...(ANSWERS)....-Can't breathe lying down, may use more
pillows when sleeping
Where is the dorsalis pedis pulse - ...(ANSWERS)....-Palpate between the second
and first toe, right between the two on the tendon
HEAS 1000 FINAL EXAM WITH CORRECT ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECTLY WELL DEFINED
ANSWERS LATEST ALREADY GRADED A+
Explain wheezing - ...(ANSWERS)....-High pitched, sounds like whistling
Where do you hear Erb's - ...(ANSWERS)....-Left of the sternal border, 3rd
intercostal space
How do you examine posterior chest expansion - ...(ANSWERS)....-Place your
hands on patients back and your thumbs should move outwards apart evenly
When would you expect to hear S4 sounds - ...(ANSWERS)....-Abnormal sounds,
heard diastole when ventricles are resistant to filling
When would you expect to hear S3 sounds - ...(ANSWERS)....-Abnormal sounds
like quivering (light swishing) heard ventricular diastole
What side is the heart on - ...(ANSWERS)....-Left
How would you describe a pulse - ...(ANSWERS)....-Strong and regular
Where is the apical pulse - ...(ANSWERS)....-5th intercostal space midclavicular on
left side, listen for 1 full minute
, 2
How would you assess tactile fremitus - ...(ANSWERS)....-Have patient say "99"
and you should feel a vibration.
-If there is no sound, you may be on bone, there may be a blockage, or a mass is
present.
-There may be an increase in lung density
Tricuspid valve - ...(ANSWERS)....-Left between 4th and 5th intercostal space on
the sternal border.
-In taller patients go with the 5th intercostal space
Describe vesicular breath sounds - ...(ANSWERS)....-soft, low-pitched sounds
-auscultated over the lungs periphery
-inspiration is longer, louder, and higher-pitched than expiration
Describe crackles - ...(ANSWERS)....-bubbling, crackling, popping
-low-to-high pitched, discontinuous sounds
-auscultated during inspiration
-occurs in small air passages, alveoli, bronchioles, bronchi, and trachea
-sounds are made as air passes through wet secretions
-Sounds like air moving through fluid
What is sprungcohony - ...(ANSWERS)....-Abnormality,
-When your feel a negative tactile fremitus, suspect increased lung density
, 3
-The sound vibrates, and is found on palpation
Where do you listen to the mitral valve - ...(ANSWERS)....-Left 5th intercostal
space, midclavicular line
-Same as apical
Where is the pulmonic valve - ...(ANSWERS)....-Left 2nd intercostal space
Subjective question of the peripheral vascular system - ...(ANSWERS)....-Have you
noticed any swelling in your ams or legs
Describe bronchial breath sounds - ...(ANSWERS)....-Loud, sounds like air moving
through a big tube (trachea)
Where is the apex of the heart - ...(ANSWERS)....-5th and 6th intercostal space on
the left side
What is forthopia - ...(ANSWERS)....-Can't breathe lying down, may use more
pillows when sleeping
Where is the dorsalis pedis pulse - ...(ANSWERS)....-Palpate between the second
and first toe, right between the two on the tendon
