Lung Sounds
Lung Sounds Definition
Lung sounds, also called breath sounds, are auscultated across the anterior and posterior chest walls. Adventitious breath sounds including, rales (crackles), rhonchi (wheezes), stridor and pleural rubs are presented in our Essentials of Lung Sounds module.
Lung Sounds Lessons
Learn lung sounds by taking our free essentials of lung sounds short course.
This course cover basic adventitious lung sounds.
Use the table of contents below to review and access this course.
Essential Lung Sounds
This module, 'Essential Lung Sounds', is designed to provide auscultation instruction with practice exercises. The most important breath sounds found in family practice and internal medicine are covered. Each lesson consists of multiple pages: 1) text description with audio recording; 2)a visualization page with waveform; 3) a practice page. Use the tabs which appear below each lesson's title.
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Lesson List
Respiratory Problem Solving
The website PracticalClinicalSkills.com offers
case studies on pulmonary problem solving that include lung sound auscultation.
Respiratory Care Guide
The website Respiratory.Guide offers free training on arterial blood gases, spirometry, hypertension assessment, breath sounds auscultation and interactive pulmonary case studies.
Repetition Training
As a supplement to ourtraining, we recommend auscultation repetition training by www.easyauscultation.com.
Popular Links
Information about stridor breath sounds can be found at www.easyauscultation.com/stridor