Having evaluated the location and size of our patient’s precordial movement, we will now evaluate contour. Right here, fifth intercostal space, mid-clavidular line, we use the cotton swab, so that we can share the movement I feel. And when you use the cotton swab, you clearly can see the type of impulse. And then, to get a timing device, all you have to do is put another swab on the carotid vessel, because that will tell us when systole occurs. Let us observe this together.
Choose the best description of the apical impulse contour: