14
Sep
How To Listen To Lung Sounds. The easiest and most common way to do this is to hold a stethoscope to the skin on. This video demonstrates how to listen to the lungs with a stethoscope on. This will assess the right and left upper lobes. Listen from the front and back.
Listen to lung sounds between the scapula bones at their. It could be caused by lung disorders that inhibit the transmission of sounds for example a pneumothorax pleural effusion or areas of lung consolidation. Lung assessment for nursing students and nurses of the anterior and posterior lungs. This will assess the right and left upper lobes. Listen to lung sounds at eight places along the middle back under the scapula bones from the outer rib cage inwards in two tiers of four. Then find c7 which is the vertebral prominence and go to t3 in between the shoulder blades and spine.
The easiest and most common way to do this is to hold a stethoscope to the skin on.
Lung assessment for nursing students and nurses of the anterior and posterior lungs. All these conditions prevent airflow reaching parts of the lung due to a pathological change in the function of the lung. Auscultating from the back will often result in clearer lung sounds. Listen to lung sounds between the scapula bones at their lower portion on either side of the spine. Listen to lung sounds at eight places along the middle back under the scapula bones from the outer rib cage inwards in two tiers of four. Your doctor can get important information about the health of your lungs by listening closely as you breathe.