2006-12-26 03:46:35 · 4 answers · asked by missy l 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
Can you suggest a particular model?
2006-12-26 04:02:35 · update #1
You really do not need to blow your money a a expensive one for school and such your trying to hear basic lung sounds not diagnose a heart murmur. When you get hired you company will supply them for you anyways. Just get a basic one that will last you awhile and save your money for extra things like quick look guide books or a good pair of shoes.
2006-12-26 03:50:26 · answer #1 · answered by fyrechick 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to be honest- any cheap one. the quality of those $200 "cardiology" stethoscopes aren't that much better than those dirt-cheap ones you see all over the place at the hospitals. especially in the case of an EMT where you're going to have a lot of "extra" noises causing interference (like that blaring siren). it's not like you're going to try to detect the S1 and S2 heart sounds while in the middle of evacuating a trauma victim- you're just listening to make sure they're breathing and they've got a heart beat, and any cheap stethescope will do the job.
2006-12-26 11:53:24 · answer #2 · answered by belfus 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well depends on what your pockets can afford!! If you are prone to lose it buy a cheap one. If you are the kind to be able to keep one around long, buy a good stethoscope. No name brand comes to mind. Just that the money money you spend, the more frills you get.
2006-12-26 11:50:49 · answer #3 · answered by Big C 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In my 25 years as a Paramedic, I have had every "good" stethoscope I ever bought become "misplaced". Buy yourself a twin tube Sprague Rapport ($30.00 max) in some horrible color no one would want, and write your name on it. It'll work about as well as an expensive one, and maybe no one will steal it.
2006-12-26 21:47:51 · answer #4 · answered by rnrayunretired 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋