Is it good idea to covert small diaphragm to bell?Does the small diaph. protect the inside of the chestpiece and tube from dust?How about sound quality?
Most cardiologists will tell you that a medical student will not be capable of manipulating the tunable diaphragm correctly to produce the bell/diaphram functions, and therefore will be better off just taking the diaphragm off and using it as a true bell. In our small group sessions with a cardiologist for learning heart sounds, he made it sound like you would be laughed out of his clinic if you came in with the diaphragm still on.
Most cardiologists will tell you that a medical student will not be capable of manipulating the tunable diaphragm correctly to produce the bell/diaphram functions, and therefore will be better off just taking the diaphragm off and using it as a true bell. In our small group sessions with a cardiologist for learning heart sounds, he made it sound like you would be laughed out of his clinic if you came in with the diaphragm still on.
Now what I don't get is- is there something I have to do to listen to sounds from the pediatric side? Simply turning it over doesn't work for me, though I just tried that once. I think I have to twist the tubing, maybe?
I think the cardiologists would laugh at a Littmann III in general.
Is it good idea to covert small diaphragm to bell?Does the small diaph. protect the inside of the chestpiece and tube from dust?How about sound quality?
i just dont get how you change to the bell. is there a video of how to change it somewhere?
Yes, take it off immediately because you look like a dork with the small diaphragm on. The only excuse for having the small diaphragm on is being on your pediatrics rotation (real pediatricians always carry pediatric scopes, but the small diaphragm does work fine on infants and small children while you're on the rotation). If you're not on peds, you look like a medical student who doesn't mind having the bell covered-up because you really don't know how to use your scope yet anyway. The small diaphragm interrupts the acoustic capabilities of the bell - it's only meant for peds.Is it good idea to covert small diaphragm to bell?Does the small diaph. protect the inside of the chestpiece and tube from dust?How about sound quality?