You don't need an expensive stethoscope. In general, the shorter the tubing, the better you can hear. If your stethoscope has very long tubing simply remove the endpiece, cut the tubing shorter, and reinsert the endpiece. It may look funny, but your ability to hear will improve. When I was in residency, we liked the long ones so we could throw them across the back of our necks, but the really serious auscultators would cut their tubing short and put the stethoscope in their pocket.
I seldom listen for murmurs in canines but I have used my stethoscope to auscultate fetal heartbeats when I was concerned that there might be fetal demise late in pregnancy. You can tell the fetal heartbeat from the maternal heartbeat because the fetal heartbeat is generally much faster. Leanne ----- Original Message ----- > That's a great question about stethoscopes. Isn't there a special type that > cardiologists use? I know there's a couple people on the list who are > reasonably good listeners...hope they post about it. > > Laura Warner ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author.
