Product Description; List Of Figures: Figure 1 - Cardionics PAT Operator's Manual

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Product description

PAT, the Pediatric Auscultation Trainer, is an interactive manikin for teaching students the art of
auscultation.
PAT consists of a half-body male manikin, Laptop computer.
Figure 1 – PAT System
PAT has four listening sites for heart sounds, eight listening sites for breath sounds, two
listening sites for bowel sounds, and one site for bruit sounds. There are 69 heart sounds, 17
breath sounds and 4 bowel sounds. Additional sounds may be added from time to time.
The heart sound sites are the aortic, tricuspid, pulmonic and mitral areas on the chest and
breath sound sites are anterior (left upper and lower; right upper and lower) and posterior (left
upper and lower; right upper and lower). The bowel sound sites are the upper right and left
quadrants. The bruit site is located in the left side neck.
Sounds may be heard with (1) a normal stethoscope, (2) the E-Scope Electronic Stethoscope,
(3) the SimulScope Bedside Auscultation System for group listening, (3) the Classroom Infrared
Emitter for group listening, (4) the CardioSim VII Digital Heart Sound Teaching System for group
listening and display (5) the Cardionics Auditorium Infrared Sound System, (6) Cardionics
Auditorium Infrared Sound System for large group listening or (7) a low frequency speaker.
When listening to breath sounds, there are eight locations -right and left upper anterior chest,
right and left lower anterior chest, right and left upper posterior and right and left lower posterior
lobes.
For group listening, the SimulScope Bedside Auscultation System (Cat. No. 718-7003) or the
Classroom Infrared Emitter (Cat. No. 718-0015) is recommended. Each listener will need a
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Heartman Infrared Headphone (Cat. No. 718-7040). For group listening and display of the
phonocardiogram, the CardioSim Digital Heart Sound Teaching System (Cat. No. 718-2600) is
recommended.
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