Specialties School
Published Feb 20, 2019
You are reading page 2 of Heard a heart murmur
ruby_jane, BSN, RN
3,142 Posts
We need a @Davey Do graphic - the innocent murmur versus the guilty murmur....
Davey Do
10,476 Posts
2 hours ago, ruby_jane said:We need a Davey Do graphic - the innocent murmur versus the guilty murmur....
We need a Davey Do graphic - the innocent murmur versus the guilty murmur....
Thank you, ruby jane, I enjoy creating graphics to assist my sistren and brethren in understanding the difference between innocent and guilty murmurs.
Bear in mind that these are merely interpretations, but with professionals like nursekoll who called in a suspect, someday we may be able to identify and deal with all guilty murmurs!
NRSKarenRN, BSN, RN
10 Articles; 18,299 Posts
Good info from CHOP: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Symptoms that Might Indicate a Heart Problem
OldDude
1 Article; 4,787 Posts
1 hour ago, Davey Do said:Thank you, ruby jane, I enjoy creating graphics to assist my sistren and brethren in understanding the difference between innocent and guilty murmurs.Bear in mind that these are merely interpretations, but with professionals like nursekoll who called in a suspect, someday we may be able to identify and deal with all guilty murmurs!
Of course...all murmurs are innocent until proven guilty.
LibraSunCNM, BSN, MSN, CNM
1,652 Posts
So interesting to learn that a murmur is more pronounced or transient when a child is sick!
bluebonnetrn, BSN, RN
145 Posts
21 hours ago, rnsrgr8t said:Trust your assessment skills!
Trust your assessment skills!
^ this right here is the BEST summary of what school nursing really is
NutmeggeRN, BSN
2 Articles; 4,621 Posts
So, think about it this way, what if you heard what you heard, did NOT report it, and the kid has a medical mevent...how do you explain that??
CampyCamp, RN
259 Posts
Fever is known to produce innocent murmurs because it increases cardiac output- blood rushing faster through the heart produces turbulence (the murmur) even though the structures are normal. It would have been nice if the PCP had told the family that so they understood why something was heard once and not again.
37 minutes ago, CampyCamp said:Fever is known to produce innocent murmurs because it increases cardiac output- blood rushing faster through the heart produces turbulence (the murmur) even though the structures are normal. It would have been nice if the PCP had told the family that so they understood why something was heard once and not again.
And I learned a thing today! Thank you.
Wuzzie
5,116 Posts
42 minutes ago, CampyCamp said: It would have been nice if the PCP had told the family that so they understood why something was heard once and not again.
It would have been nice if the PCP had told the family that so they understood why something was heard once and not again.
But what would be the fun in that? Now the parents think the PCP is super smart and the nurse doesn't know what she's doing. ?
Here's another one...one of our previous students is the daughter of a Paramedic who worked for the local ambulance service; experienced guy. I don't recall the reason I was listening to his daughter's heart one day but I heard a definite regular irregularity. I told her dad about it who came over and also listened and identified exactly what I was hearing...took her to MD, didn't hear anything, Dad insisted on EKG, nothing...go figure...
3 minutes ago, Wuzzie said:But what would be the fun in that? Now the parents think the PCP is super smart and the nurse doesn't know what she's doing. ?
HAHA, you nailed it. The MD offices revel in in this practice!!