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.
stethoscope. 1  an instrument used to hear and amplify the sounds produced by the heart, lungs and other internal organs. 2  The modern stethoscope is binaural, with two earpieces and flexible rubber leading to them from the two-branched opening of the bell or cone.