Stethescope Comparison

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Is it true that you get what you pay for with a stethescope, or are they all the same? what do you use?

Specializes in ICU, Research, Corrections.
I love my Littmann. All to often in my unit, patients are in isolation rooms and we need to use the cheapie disposable stethescope they place in those rooms. What a difference in quality; you are lucky to hear anything with the cheap disposables.

I will second that. I have a Littmann Cardiology III and love it. I can't hear a thing with the cheap disposables. In a pinch, I put a glove over my Littman and use it in an isolation room. The disposables are a joke!

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Specializes in ICU.

When I graduated I bought an ADC 602 Cardiac, compares to the Littmann 3128 Cardiac III; it was about $80 cheaper at the UTHSCSA bookstore. I love it, and have had several doc try and bogart it after using it on the unit (ICU).

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As someone else mentioned, Ultrascope is the way to go! I love mine!

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Specializes in Gyne Surger/Oncology.

Ultrascopes are awesome!!! you can auscultate through clothes and in noisey environments. I just got mine this week..i love it!

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