Noise-Immune Stethoscope Eases Medevac Work
Credit: Active Signal Technologies
Medical evacuation flights can put casualties in harm's way owing to the ambient noise of the aircraft. The noise overwhelms the acoustic properties of stethoscopes and prevents caregivers from detecting sounds of distress—or auscultation—from vital organs such as the heart and lungs. This is...
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