About the Toolkit

The Association of Cardiovascular Nursing & Allied Professions (ACNAP) is pleased to present the CardioAssessment Essentials toolkit. This comprehensive resource aims to help nurses and allied professionals perform an assessment of patients presenting signs and symptoms of cardiovascular disease. It includes videos in which you can see the ideal clinical assessment, as well as recorded presentations and links to other relevant resources. 

Who is it for?

If you are a nurse or allied professional involved in delivering cardiovascular care to patients, this toolkit is for you. Enhance your practice today!

Why is it needed?

ACNAP understands that many nurses and allied professionals receive limited training in physical cardiovascular examination, yet these skills are essential for:

• Early detection of cardiovascular diseases and timely intervention
• Assessing and monitoring overall cardiac health
• Risk stratification and prevention of serious complications
• Overall improving patient outcomes

Access the resources on ESC 365

• Segment 1:  Fundamentals - open access 
• Segment 2: Intermediate skills - restricted access to Silver Members
• Segment 3: Advanced techniques - restricted access to Silver Members

Test your knowledge with our three online quizzes 

Each segment comes with a series of multiple choice questions, so you can watch, learn, and then put yourself to the test! You can access the quizzes by clicking on the links above.

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What we want to achieve through this toolkit

Thank you to our volunteers for their expertise

• Valentino Oriolo, Project Lead (United Kingdom)
• Norma Caples, Project Lead (Ireland)
• Angela Durante (Italy)
• Asriel Juvenal Chamos (United Kingdom)
• Kristen Kopp (Austria)
• Maria Hayes (Ireland)
• Maria Kalabaliki (Greece)
• Teofila Bueser (United Kingdom)