EMT professionals, from Basic through Paramedic, now have the ideal tool for sharpening their diagnostic listening skills for heart and lung sounds. Heart and Lung Sounds for the EMT CD-ROM combines audio, graphics, and explanatory text to enhance these important listening skills. . To make it even more practical, the heart and lung sounds are presented against background noises that EMTs typically encounter on the job. There are 34 heart sounds ranging from normal sounds and simple variations to Diastolic and Systolic Murmurs and 15 lung sounds ranging from normal to those obtained on lungs with fluid. The quiz enables users to test their skills by listening to heart and lung sounds for identification. This multimedia package is the ideal self-study product for students as well as professional who want a self-paced refresher course.

Product Benefits:

• Large variety of samples: Students will have the opportunity to train their ear for a variety of normal sounds as well as well as a wide variety of disordered heart and lung sounds. Enhance the skill building process and exposes students to a wide variety of samples before encountering them on the job.
• Sounds set against typical field noises: The EMTs get to train their ear to these subtle sounds in the real-world context of a noisy background. Everything from street noises to background conversation impinges on listening skills and students have the opportunity to practice in this real-world listening environment.
• Text and graphics support: Each sample is supported with text explaining what the student is hearing. In addition, a graphic illustration depicts what is taking place in the heart and lungs to create the sound.
• Quiz for self-review: Students can ensure that they have mastered this content through the quiz included in the program. Content questions are included along with identification tasks of the more common heart and lung sounds.