Mastering the Physical Assessment Webcast Series Session 3 from Cyndi Zarbano
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Description:
Session Description:
Physical Assessment skills are the basis for critical thinking, diagnosis and treatment. Even the most experienced healthcare provider can misinterpret the variety of sounds and signs that are significant during a Pulmonary Assessment. This session of our Physical Assessment webcast series will teach you the in-depth Pulmonary Assessment Skills you need. Cyndi Zarbano will use real-life audio lung sounds in addition to her presentation to deliver the practical skills you will need on the job.
Session Topics:
- Respiratory Assessment Steps
- Common Adventitious Breath Sounds and the clues they are giving you!
- What are the causes, when are they heard and what interventions can we take?
- Crackles/Rales: grasp the difference between wet and dry crackles
- Wheezes: not always airway obstruction!
- Rhonchi: learn how to tell coarse crackles from rhonchi
- Stridor: rapid treatment for this emergency!
- Pleural Friction Rub: What is this loud obnoxious sound telling you?
- What are the causes, when are they heard and what interventions can we take?
- Transmitted Voice Sounds – Advanced Assessment Skills
- Hear Real Life Examples
- Bronchophony
- Whispered Pectoriloquy
- Egophony
- Commonly dealt with Lung Diseases
- Asthma: use of the peak flow meter to guide the plan
- Bronchitis: acute or chronic? How do we know?
- Emphysema: changes on chest x-ray and determining if a patient is a CO2 retainer
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Understanding the long-term consequences of noncompliance!
Session Objectives
- Understand the purpose and use of a Peak Flow Meter.
- Identify adventitious breath sounds and recognize the significance of each.
- Recognize the 3 sounds one may auscultate in a patient with pneumonia.
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This is Digital Download service, the course is available at Coursecui.com and Email download delivery.