Stethoscopes and Hearing

[LuckedOut]

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Hello there,

I am aware that this question might make me sound like a real wuss, but, well... I've decided to ask anyway.
Has any of you experienced that situation where you're listening with your stethoscope in your ears, and then you accidentally bang against something (bed, watch, whatever)? Or I am taking a patient's BP and then the rubber cord of the BP cuff bangs against the back of the chest piece, making a darn loud sound even though it's laughable in normal situations.

I haven't found any info on how many dBs are reaching my ears in those moments, but it has me worried. Am I the only one to whom this happens every once in a while? How dangerous is it? I try to be very careful (it happened much more in the beginning - that stupid cuff always was in the way) but sometimes it's enough that I reposition the chest piece and then you lightly bang against something...

That do you do?
Does it worry you?

Does any1 have resources to read about this? Google won't give me any results that are conclusive.
I don't even know what's the limit dB level of an stethoscope *blush*
I have a pretty cheap one, no electrical amplification or such.

 

[Pacna]

I had that same problem. I turned the head thing around 180 degrees, and that helped a lot.

 

[cs24]

 

[CherryRedDracul]

I wear earplugs before I put on my stethoscope to be on the safe side.

 

[PL198]

inb4 OP becomes deaf from murmurs. maybe if you make a chain of two stethoscopes, that would dampen your sounds a little and you can keep your hearing