Breath/Lung sounds

[JJR512]

Anyone know of a good website that explains the different breath & lung sounds, including audio clips of each to learn the differences?

 

[the_negro_puppy]

Infinite supply:

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=auscultation

 

[JJR512]

Infinite supply:

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=auscultation

Yep, infinite supply. I considered both Youtube and Google but was really hoping someone could recommend a particular site that was both reputable and respected. It's hard to do that kind of qualitative filtering with search engines, so when possible, I prefer to first see if anyone has any specific recommendations.

 

[SanDiegoEmt7]

Just use the videos that look more reputable on youtube, such as the educational videos.

Use a youtube to mp3 converter and download a bunch of different lung sounds to mp3. Create a large playlist with multiple versions of each lung sound then listen to it on shuffle, and try to guess what the lung sound is.

Cheers :beerchug:

 

[FreezerStL]

1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GP8Gqb9-saY&feature=related

2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4a8mahH-VEo&feature=related

Definitely my favorite.

Enjoy

 

[Sieldan]

http://www.rale.ca/

As heard on the Confessions of an EMS Newbie podcast with Kelly Grayson (Ambulance Driver) and Ron Davis.

 

[Veneficus]

I know this may be a radical thought, but why not call pulmonary at your local hospital, tell them you are an EMT (or student) an ask them if you can in and listen to real patients?

 

[JJR512]

Why not? Because gas costs money, and the internet is already paid for.

 

[Veneficus]

Why not? Because gas costs money, and the internet is already paid for.

Outstanding.

 

[SanDiegoEmt7]

Outstanding.

truly

 

[JJR512]

Don't get me wrong, if there was some advantage or benefit, I'd consider it. But no advantage or benefit has been provided, and I can't imagine one on my own. It seems to me that whether I stand next to a person with rales and listen to the rales through my stethoscope, or if if someone else once stood next to someone with rales and recorded those rales with an electronic stethoscope and then sent those sound files to the internet, either way, I'm hearing rales. Either way I'm learning what they sound like, I'm learning "THIS is what rales sound like". So unless there's some actual difference that I'm just not seeing, I don't see what's wrong with listening to recorded sounds. As long as they come from a reputable, respected site and the information is accurate, of course; and that's at the heart of my original question.

 

[Sieldan]

Oh yea, one tip Kelly gave was to turn the volume down on your playback device and listen thru your scope in order to make it more realistic.

 

[JJR512]

Oh yea, one tip Kelly gave was to turn the volume down on your playback device and listen thru your scope in order to make it more realistic.

Well, that's probably overkill, especially if it was recorded through a stethoscope in the first place.

Who's Kelly, though?

 

[Hockey]

Well, that's probably overkill, especially if it was recorded through a stethoscope in the first place.

Who's Kelly, though?

A very smart, and experienced Paramedic.

http://ambulancedriverfiles.com/

Also has a book out. Get it. Very good book that will give you HOURS of great reading

 

[skivail]

www.stethographics.com

http://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/3M/en_US/Littmann/stethoscope/education/lung_sounds/

 

[JJR512]

A very smart, and experienced Paramedic.

http://ambulancedriverfiles.com/

Also has a book out. Get it. Very good book that will give you HOURS of great reading

Oh, I assume that's the same Kelly that Sieldan mentioned earlier then? I've been looking at the www.rale.ca site and I'll check out these other ones, too.

Thanks!

 

[Sieldan]

Oh, I assume that's the same Kelly that Sieldan mentioned earlier then? I've been looking at the www.rale.ca site and I'll check out these other ones, too.

Thanks!

Thats the one!

 

[Ambulance_Driver]

Well, that's probably overkill, especially if it was recorded through a stethoscope in the first place.

Who's Kelly, though?

Actually, if you buy one of the CD's with recorded breath and/or heart sounds, that's how they recommend that you listen to them: with the sound down and your stethoscope near the speaker. At least, that's what the couple I own recommend.

 

[JPINFV]

Actually, if you buy one of the CD's with recorded breath and/or heart sounds, that's how they recommend that you listen to them: with the sound down and your stethoscope near the speaker. At least, that's what the couple I own recommend.

Would it be a safe assumption that AD is the aforementioned Mr. Grayson?

 

[b2dragun]

Ask for advice and then shoot it down? The advantage to listening to real patients over speakers...you learn where to best listen for specific breath sounds, you learn what it sounds like through a set of ears, and you just can't beat the real thing. You are asking because you lack experience, people with experience have opinions you may want to utilize. My advice to try to take advantage of the great idea like contacting a doc to see if you can come in and kind of do a clinical. Plus with a doc there you can get advice where as with youtube you are on your own, no one to ask questions.