Sasha
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a) Do know how to use a stethoscope to listen for breath sounds/heart sounds/ take a bp. Taught by a doctor whom I shadowed with.
b) I don't think i'm gonna let a $130 piece of equipment just laying around
c) From what I have heard can't really go wrong with littman and even on the littman website it recommends that scope for emts/medical students. I have used both cheap and expensive scopes before. Regardless of my route here I will eventually be needing a stethoscope. So why buy and el cheapo when I am gonna need a good one eventually.
I think I might just move on from this forum. Not too much encouragement here.
Of course they're going to recommend it. But here's the thing, the Littmann website isn't there to be your friend and guide you into making the right decision on the perfect scope for you, it's there to make money. You don't NEED the $130 piece of equipment, at a basic and even a paramedic level, all you need is the most basic steth because all you need it for is lung sounds, bps, and occasionally bowel sounds. I chose a Littmann because I liked the bell shape of the lightweight and it's harder to break then a sprauge (and I'm kinda rough on my scopes.)
You say you're not gonna leave it laying around, but it's super easy to loose a scope. Take it off to do CPR and then forget you'd taken it off. Pull it off because it kept getting tangled in your seatbelt and forgot that it's laying in the console in the truck. Even if you have your name on it, some people will rub it off, take the tag off, or even ignore the fact it's printed on the tubing.
Don't catch an attitude. You posted this, people are responding with their opinions, if you didn't want opinions, then why post it?