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normal breath sounds are pretty subtle.
don't mean to sound like a smarty, but have you tried really paying attention?
i can remember having this problem when i was in school, and i just wasn't listening closely.
agree that it could be your stethascope, or maybe you need your hearing checked?
hello, hajiagambo,
you might try these links, too. (found in this sticky helpful information for the unit in the ccu forum):
http://sprojects.mmi.mcgill.ca/mvs/ the virtual sethoscope
http://www.wilkes.med.ucla.edu/intro.html heart and breath sounds
http://www.rale.ca/ breath sounds
hello, hajiagambo,you might try these links, too. (found in this sticky helpful information for the unit in the ccu forum):
http://sprojects.mmi.mcgill.ca/mvs/ the virtual sethoscope
http://www.wilkes.med.ucla.edu/intro.html heart and breath sounds
http://www.rale.ca/ breath sounds
hi
good sites for hajiagambo
i tried using them too
Nursebarebari
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Hi fellow nurses,
I feel embarassed to ask this question, but how can I know if I don't ask. Well, I have been a RN for three years, but I have never been able to hear normal breath sounds with a stethoscope. I always listen to each of my patients lung sound on daily assessments, but never hear any thing except for loud wheezing and rales from trach or asthma pts.
Is there a special technique
Please help.