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The lower, base models can run in the 30s on allheart, and they're still better then your average sprague scope.

I love my Kila Labs one-sided cardiology. I can promise you its worth the buy for all of the basic neeeds.

I've recently become a big fan of Kila Stethoscopes (http://www.kila.com). Their scopes are good (at least in my ears) for auscultating BPs through hoodies and the like - I work in EMS, so I've done this quite a bit. The other thing to consider is that single-headed stethoscopes block out sound a little bit better then the dual-head varieties.

OK I just received my Kila single-head. I like it a lot, I think. The acoustics are good, but it's kind of goofy looking - the tubing is elongated (like an oval cross section) which isn't bad, it just looks weird. I wish one of the diaphragms didn't say Kila on it, because I would have liked to switch it out. Also, the packaging (I know, stupid) was disappointing. It's three dollars extra if you want the box - which I got because it would be easier to pack it to bring and store it it at the camp I work at. The box is 1/2 of a box, and a plastic wrapper that was Scotch-taped onto the box from a Littmann name tag, which was then taped onto the bottom half (which was an actual box). I don't know - it kind of fried my cheese, but it's a good scope.

I just looked these up - they look pretty legit. I'm bumping this to try to get any other opinions... I want one!

I personally would be VERY concerned if I was seeing patients without an epipen in my reach. It seems to me that the benefit of epi (a saved life) greatly outweighs its detriments (which are rare in younger pts anyways). 8 minutes without epi sounds stunningly similar to "dead kid." Bringing it up to your medical director might be tricky - because you need to be forward enough to let him/her know how important this is, but respectful enough to let him/her still be the medical director. Definitely ask what he/she would recommend doing if an anaphalactic pt didn't have a prescribed pen, which will hopefully get him/her to think about the issue enough to resolve it. So, basically, I don't know if "questioning" the doctor is the best idea, but definitely get dialog going. Luckily, most kids with a known allergy will probably have it prescribed. Remember, a first exposure can never be an allergic reaction. It's not something to get too worried about, but I would definitely be concerned.