Objectives
Given case scenarios, the attendee will be able to:
1. describe the theories of sounds auscultated over the heart and lungs.
2. identify expected sounds of given diagnoses: COPD, CHF, MI, pneumonia, asthma,
and pleural effusion.
3. identify where and when these sounds should be auscultated during a treatment.
4. state how exercise/ADL treatment may be modified safely based on these sounds.
Expanded Course Contents
Auscultation of the Chest
Applied principles of Sound
Surface Anatomy and Stethoscope Placement Review: Chest Wall,
Heart, Lungs
Peripheral Pulses Recognition & Blood Pressure Application in Rehab
Tape of Adventicious Lung Sounds
Video Evaluation
Explanation of Theory Behind Heart and Lung Sounds
Terminology
Patholophysiology
Application in Case Scenarios in Rehab
Issues in Various Settings of Practice
Inpatient, SNF, and LTC
General Outpatient
Home Health
