- Once you have
finished the chest assessment you can ask the patient to lie back
- Take the opportunity
to assess central venous pressure with the observation of the jugular
veins
- See the special
instructions in the JVP LINK to
do an actual JVP examination
Anterior
Chest Wall (Precordium)
- Become familiar
with topographical anatomy of cardiac structures in order to put the
clinical and physical pictures together
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