Mash4077th:
it helped a lot -thank you. I have only a littman classic II and I'm very satysfied with the quality of sounds. Neverthelees I have 2 interests, the first is to combine madical play with knowledge and for that I keep studying and practicing everytime I can. Concerning auscultaion (and I'm at this time mainly focused on one only female patient - my girlfriend), I try to keep my time listening and making several experinces. In this case lungs are not a problem - lung sounds are allwys clear and clean. Concerning the heart exam, last one was the most thorough I ever gave. Pulses, inspection, palpation and ausculation in several positions with several manoeuvres, checking pulses durong auscultaion, etc etc. She seems healthy (thank god, and she's very young, 2😎, but then she's perfect for me to practice all the skills I want to know better.
So this was the first point.
The second is that we are playing, so we also must give pleasure to our partner. - she loves the cold touch of the stethoscope and littman doesn't give that.
In another way I only have this stethoscope and think there is time to have a bigger collection, so I must have one or two reference diagnosis quality and may have another one (or two), more directed to play but with a minimum of quality, cause for me if I don't have quality ausculation I loose my interst.
So there are 3 things: the colour that is important to her, the "cold touch" that is also important for her and last I realli have some fetish about having a longer one.
I have only one steh - the litt, now I'm about to buy the second (think it will be an amazing coloured sprague), and in a near future with more money I will want a "rolls royce of steths".
thanks
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