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.
Medical students listening to their heartbeats using a multiple stethoscope, c.1920s. Credits:Wellcome Library, London. RenÃ© Laennec invented the stethoscope in 1816. While consulting a female patient, Laennec needed to listen to the womanâs chest. Before the stethoscope, doctors would place their ear directly onto the patientâs chest, a practice called auscultation.