Are undergraduate paramedic students able to accurately identify breath sounds? - A Pilot Study

Journal of Emergency Primary Health Care

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Boyle, Malcolm ^a   Williams, Brett ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Auscultation; Breath sounds; Chest auscultation; Education; Emergency medical technicians; Paramedic

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPIRATORY FLOW; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSPIRATORY CAPACITY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PARAMEDICAL STUDENT; STRIDOR; WHEEZING;

EID: 36348932939     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14474999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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