Cs pe?

[Skydiver]

I know you don't have to be perfect for CS' PE but how many spots on back and chest do you check when listening to lung sounds?
I think I read somewhere that when listening to the mitral valve the pt should recumbent?

Any other suggestions, advice, tips?

I have my test in 13 days and I need to start studying for this thing
I'm almost finished reading FA, but just don't have any drive to study. I'm also doing an away rotation so don't really have solid partners to study with.

What a waste of a test

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[gouda]

Only bust out the full exam when necessary, but if for example lungs aren't the focus then I just listened posterior to say 4, maybe 6 spots. However, if they had a pneumonia I listed anterior, posterior, performed fremitus/egophony..etc. This is basically the sameway for the cardio portion to.

 

[futuredo32]

I did the same thing that Gouda did. Personally, I didn't have time to do a completely thorough PE on every patient. But, I passed, so I did something right.