Question

Auscultation

•Listening to air flow sound

•Ask patient to breath deeply than normal through an open mouth (instruct to stop if client feels dizzy)

•Use the __________ of the stethoscope

•Place stethoscope directly on bare skin

•Hairy chest?

•“Ladder” pattern

•Listen to at least one full breath in each location

•Know the location of each lobes

•Do not listen on female breast (displace and listen on chest wall) or scapula

which part of the stethoscope do you use to check the sound of the lungs when the patient take deep breath?

Answer 1

Answer: The part of stethoscope use to check the sound of the kings when the patient take deep breath as when the sound is created by the body of the patient, it is catched through the diaphragm or the round shaped bell present at the end of the stethoscope. This is use to pressed against the chest to hear the sound of the lungs of the patients.