Another respiratory question

[sports2245]

Does anyone know of a website where you can actually hear breath sounds? I would like to be able to hear both normal & abnormal sounds if possible, so when I get to clinical, I will know what I am listening to. TIA

[JessicaSN]

Google is your friend :) I typed in "lung sounds" and found many helpful links.

For some basic breath sounds, click on the left menu bar (bronchial, vesicular, etc)

http://www.stethographics.com/main/physiology_ls_introduction.html

This is another good site. Be sure to listen on speakers first so you can adjust the volume as needed. I listened once with my headphones and I really hurt my ears

http://www.umshp.org/rt/sounds/sounds.html

Does you school have a video or audio library for nursing students? I would check that out to see if they have any samples too.

Good luck!

I am a 2nd year student and just last week ascultated newly developed crackles on a patient. It was my first time finding something like that and it felt so good!

[Daytonite, BSN, RN]

this is generally conceded to be the best online site for this:

• http://www.wilkes.med.ucla.edu/inex.htm - the auscutation assistant

other sites are:

• http://sprojects.mmi.mcgill.ca/mvs/mvsteth.htm
  
• http://www.rale.ca/
  
• http://medocs.ucdavis.edu/imd/420c/sounds/lngsound.htm

[GingerSue]

check in your library - with my lab there were videos and tapes with the sounds

[l.a.m.b, ADN, RN]

i see that you have a lot of good answers to a lot of questions here. next semester we are going to be doing heparin and bsa (burns) math. i need to start practicing now. any tips for me as far as formulas and/or different ways to do them?