Anesthesiologists are known to wear stethoscopes around their neck. We use the stethoscope to make sure breath sounds are equal after a patient’s trachea has been intubated, to check lung physiology during anesthesia, and occasionally place the stethoscope earpiece on the ears of deaf patients and speak into the bell to amplify our own voices […]
Will the electronic stethoscope replace use of a standard stethoscope in the operating room?
