Nearly half of the infant crib deaths and two-thirds of bassinet deaths reported to CPSC each year are suffocations caused by pillows, thick quilts and/or overcrowding in the babyâs sleeping space. The safest place for a baby to sleep is in a safe crib.
Competently utilising a stethoscope in clinical practice is one such skill. A fundamental ability to use a stethoscope comes with many nursing roles ranging from respiratory nurse specialist and outreach roles to intensive care nursing, A&E nursing and when practising in operating theatres.
1 You should then instruct the patient to breathe a little deeper than normal through the mouth. 2  The bell/diaphragm of the stethoscope is then placed against the chest wall. 3  Auscultation of the lungs should be systematic, including all lobes of the anterior, lateral and posterior chest.