Daniel O’Neill, BSc (Hons), RN, GIBiol, PGDip, ALS, ATNC. Staff Nurse and Student Extended Nurse Practitioner, Accident and Emergency Department, Frimley Park Hospital, Surrey This paper examines the ...

I was recently in a hospital for a medical appointment and noticed some doctors with stethoscopes around their necks. Then I read an article in the newspaper that said the stethoscope was invented 200 ...

A little less than two years after InTouch Health received FDA clearance for its RP Vita Remote Presence telemedicine platform in hospital settings, it has rolled out an FDA-cleared iPad app so its ...

A stethoscope draped around the neck or placed in the ears of a nurse or doctor is a common sight in clinics and hospitals across the country. Many of us will be familiar with these acoustic devices, ...

While the jury is still out on this, doctors are already training themselves on newer technologies, hand held devices such as portable ultrasound machines, to diagnose common health problems. One such ...

A new lab at Bow Valley College in downtown Calgary allows nursing students to identify respiratory conditions using a virtual stethoscope. The virtual reality assessment tool was developed by the ...

Stethoscopes can provide vital information about the heart, lungs, and key bodily functions. There are several available to buy online that can help shed light on a person’s health. A low cost yet ...

Copper has well-documented antimicrobial properties, and a new study in the American Journal of Infection Control shows copper could be beneficial if incorporated into stethoscopes. For the study, 21 ...

Is the stethoscope, a device that adorned the neck of doctors for decades on its way out? Stethoscope was invented in France in 1816 by a French physician. Before that, physicians would place their ...