Assessment

Assignment Details
The purpose of this assignment is to practice the skills you have learned and demonstrate your ability to assess the thorax, lungs, and cardiovascular system. For this assignment you will need to videotape yourself examining the thorax, lungs and cardiovascular system on a volunteer of your choosing. This should take you between 30-45 minutes. When you are done you will document your findings. You will need to submit both your video and your documentation. Below are the required pieces in your assessment. 
Thorax:

Assess the patient’s for any signs of respiratory difficulty
Inspect the shape and movement of the chest
Asses for chest expansion
Palpate for tactile fremitus posteriorly
Percuss the posterior chest
Percuss for diaphragmatic excursion
Auscultate posterior breath sounds
Auscultate for egophony, bronchophony and pectoriloquy
Examine the anterior chest
Observe for any abnormalities (size, shape, bruising)
Auscultate for tactile fremitus anteriorly
Percuss the anterior chest
Auscultate anterior breath sounds

CV:

Assess JVP
Assess carotid pulses
Assess the brachial artery
Inspect and locate the PMI
Palpate for thrills/bruits
Auscultate heart sounds 

Next you will need to document your findings. 
To view the Grading Rubric for this Assignment, please visit the Grading Rubrics section of the Course Resources. 
Assignment Requirements
Before finalizing your work, you should:

be sure to read the Assignment description carefully (as displayed above)
consult the Grading Rubric to make sure you have included everything necessary; and
utilize spelling and grammar check to minimize errors.

Your writing Assignment should:

follow the conventions of Standard English (correct grammar, punctuation, etc.);
be well ordered, logical, and unified, as well as original and insightful;
display superior content, organization, style, and mechanics; and