Wife Auscultated At Orthopedic Appt

How many of you have been to the orthopedic Dr with your wife, and she was auscultated? It was something new to me, he performed his assessment and then at the end was like, please loosen your top so i can listen to your heart.

teamdei2007

There are several legitimate reasons for this to happen.

There are any number of reasons for an orthopedist to listen to your wife. To see if she's alive for instance.

That's a good one, liquidsky. Don't you just hate it when you get a dead one. I understand they aren't very prompt about paying their bills.

How many of you have been to the orthopedic Dr with your wife, and she was auscultated? It was something new to me, he performed his assessment and then at the end was like, please loosen your top so i can listen to your heart.

teamdei2007

You didn't mention WHY your wife was at the orthopod's office. If for anything major, anything involving the trunk or anything else where surgery is a possibility, of course the doctor is going to check vital functions. If it was for a broken toe, it might have been overkill.

I have only been stethed at orthopedic clinic when I was going to have surgery. I have had 2 surgeries on shoulders and 1 ankle. Each time they had a very pretty PA do the assessment. Also full vitals in addition to the auscultation of heart and lungs. This is all to make sure you are fit for anesthesia and surgery. Surprisingly, this PA was very astute at listening. She is one of the few medical people that can still hear my very faint heart murmur.