Comments on: New Medical Inventions

By: EEJ

EEJ — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:20:10 +0000

I’m assuming it has earpieces so you can ensure you are actually recording their heartbeat….

By: Fyrdoc

Fyrdoc — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 05:27:36 +0000

http://www.amazon.com/Littmann-3100-Electronic-Stethoscope/dp/B002ABKJ6W/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=hpc&qid=1259644781&sr=8-1

Retail is $370.00. I got my 4100 for $350.00. After using it, I’ll never go back. It has better noise canceling and “tuneability” than any I’ve ever used (from a potbelly to a Littman Cardiology III). Two of my colleagues have borrowed it for a shift, both bought one within a month. Again, I wish they sold it (cheaper) without the software, I’ve never used the CD, recorded a single sound, and I shudder to think how poor the interface would work on a Mac.

But don’t knock electronic steths until you’ve used one. I find it worth every penny of the cost (roughly double a true mechanical professional stethoscope such as a Littman III).

By: 3+speckled

3+speckled — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 04:27:11 +0000

For an extra $100 the Littman 3200 will also pretend to hear the S3

By: Jessica Otte

Jessica Otte — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:00:21 +0000

The cost of the stethoscope is more than the cost of an echocardiogram. Why not just skip auscultation all together!

I think deaf healthcare providers (and maybe cardiologists) could benefit greatly, but otherwise it seems like overkill…

By: Tex

Tex — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:01:33 +0000

We use a flutter valve, it’s smaller, and, well prettier.
here’s what it looks like

http://www.activeforever.com/p-4879-acapella-vibratory-pep-therapy-system.aspx?G_OxygenTherapy_Acapella_Acapella%20vibratory%20pep&gclid=CLzh3rfpqJ4CFRyfnAodukAGmA

By: Connie

Connie — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:45:32 +0000

The lung flute looks alot like an Acapella device we use at our facility. It’s green and looks like a big pickle – same idea – you blow into it and there is a flutter valve inside.

By: DaveyNC

DaveyNC — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:27:11 +0000

A week or so ago, being massively congested, I saw an article on the lung flute. Not having one, I tried to mimic the effect by making the “motorboat” sound with just my lips. You know, “brrrr-brrrrr-brrrrrr”, etc. It did the trick; started hocking up lungers in mere seconds.

By: Fyrdoc

Fyrdoc — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:56:33 +0000

Hey, I use a Littman Model 4100 electronic steth and I LOVE IT. I pick up murmurs and breath sounds I’d never hear without it. But, I do not save any sounds, nor do I use the analyzing software that came with it.

By: Christine

Christine — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:47:50 +0000

Yes! Further death of the physical assessment!