Hard at Hearing

EMTRabbit

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What stethoscope would be good?

Having a hard time picking up the pulse with the training scopes the course provided. Instructor said i should invest in my own. Since I blast music through headphones kinda hard of hearing

Any suggestions?
 

MMiz

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This has been posted a million times, so a search really would best serve you.

I think that many new EMTs are too quick to go out and buy the latest gear instead of spending time honing their skills. Hearing sounds through a stethoscope is just as much about skill as it is equipment. I suggest investing in a solid stethoscope but also practicing listening and identifying sounds.

Good luck!
 

mcdonl

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For me it is lack of confidence more than hearing...

I think that many new EMTs are too quick to go out and buy the latest gear instead of spending time honing their skills. Hearing sounds through a stethoscope is just as much about skill as it is equipment. I suggest investing in a solid stethoscope but also practicing listening and identifying sounds.

For me, it is a lack of confidence. Just about everytime I take a BP I end up thinking I am only watching the bouncing of the needle, and that I dont really hear it... but... when hooked the monitor the pt is slightly higher, as our lifepack seems to be calibrated in such a way that the results are slightly higher and when the trend stays the same and the pt is hooked up to a bp machine at the hospital it always seems to be right on with what I got, even though I never feel like I get a good BP.

Not sure if you may be having the same type of problem OP, but thats what is happening to me.
 
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