Learning Heart Sounds

[HalladayWeekend]

I'm an MS-2 and we are currently in Physical Diagnosis week at our school. As part of the week, we have to learn a series of heart sounds (which although pretty basic, we haven't had any cardiology outside of basic physiology). The notes that are given to us are rather confusing and the CD with the heart sounds also isn't helping me much. Does anyone know any resources that can help? The exam is on Tuesday so I don't have that much time...

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[monkeygirl09]

I'm an MS-2 and we are currently in Physical Diagnosis week at our school. As part of the week, we have to learn a series of heart sounds (which although pretty basic, we haven't had any cardiology outside of basic physiology). The notes that are given to us are rather confusing and the CD with the heart sounds also isn't helping me much. Does anyone know any resources that can help? The exam is on Tuesday so I don't have that much time...

Have you tried this site?
http://www.blaufuss.org/

We haven't been tested on heart sounds yet but I've found it useful over the past year and a half. It was recommended to me by upperclassmen.

 

[HalladayWeekend]

Have you tried this site?
http://www.blaufuss.org/

We haven't been tested on heart sounds yet but I've found it useful over the past year and a half. It was recommended to me by upperclassmen.

Thanks for the suggestion. Our professor also mentioned this site during the lecture. I pretty much have the sounds we need to know memorized but I really want to understand what is going on so I can actually retain it! I will definitely go over this site.

 

[OveractiveBrain]

Unfortunately hit or miss depending on the state of the website, Heart Songs is an amazing source for information. In its earliest iteration, it was given away free (when I downloaded the mp3s). Its gone for pay twice, back to free twice, and the last time I checked, you have to pay for it.

The guy explains that you need to hear a murmur hundreds of times before you can truly even recognize (let alone master) a murmur. For this reason he has recorded 3 normal beats followed by 6 abnormal beats, pauses to give a little tidbit, then back to the beats. Each murmur is about 2 minutes, but listening to it over and over allowed me to correctly identify murmurs on clinical rotations that my residents had been incorrectly documenting for days, not to mention learning a good amount of pathophysiology with his explanations.

I would even say that its worth the money, if you end up on the website and it still costs money. I got a hold of it when it was free, 5-6 years ago. It can only have gotten better since then.

http://www.cardiosource.org/certified-education/elearning-and-products/heart-songs-3.aspx