Next, we’ll evaluate our patient’s precordial movement. First, the location and size, and I feel the movement in the fifth interspace, mid-clavicular line, and the size is dime-sized.
Now, we go on and assess contour. I’ll use the cotton swab, so that you can share the observation with me and, in addition, for timing, put another swab on the carotid vessel. Let’s all observe together.
Choose the best description of the apical impulse contour: