MRCP UK EXAMINATIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -Auscultation is the term for listening to the internal sounds of the body, usually using a stethoscope. Auscultation is performed for the purposes of examining the circulatory system and respiratory system (heart sounds and breath sounds), as well as the gastrointestinal system (bowel sounds).

Detailed explanation-2: -The stethoscope allows the practitioner to assess a patient’s cardiac, respiratory and intestinal state and is an integral tool in professional nursing practice. It is used to listen (auscultation) to the body’s sounds during a physical examination and assessment.

Detailed explanation-3: -The auscultation points of the lungs coincide with the type of breath sounds heard and include the area around the trachea, the area between the 1st and 2nd intercostal space on both the anterior and posterior sides of the chest, and bilaterally over the entire lung fields.

Detailed explanation-4: -Aortic – on the patients right side of the sternum. Pulmonary – on the left-hand side of the patients’s sternum. Tricuspid – in the fourth intercostal space, along the lower-left border of the sternum. More items •17-Jun-2019