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3.1 Sound Selection. Click on the Sound Selection button as shown in Figure 3 and the
below menu will be seen.
Sounds and Variants
Pediatric Systolic Murmurs
Pediatric Diastolic Murmurs
Pediatric Breath Sounds
(see Appendix A for the complete Sounds Directory)
If you wish to select a second sound for comparison purposes, from the Main Page, click on
Select Sound 2 directly under the first selection. You can now toggle back and forth between
sounds as desired.
Once the Sound has been selected, click on Play 1 or Play 2. Initially, you will not see a
phonocardiogram on the screen, but the sounds can be heard with a stethoscope on PAT.
To visualize a sound while hearing it, click on one of the circled locations. Listening can be
done with an ordinary stethoscope, a speaker, headphones or the SimulScope Bedside
Auscultation System as shown in Figure 1.
3.2 Volume Levels. Each heart sound has been adjusted at the factory so that the sound does
not migrate to another area. There are times, however, when the instructor may want the
sounds to migrate such as having severe aortic stenosis migrate into the neck. In these cases,
the instructor may alter the preset volume using the slide bars shown in Figure 3. By clicking on
the SAVE button, these the audio volumes will be saved. To RECALL the factory settings,
simply click on the RECALL button. Then use the RESET button to go back to the previously
saved settings.
3.3 Lectures. Instructors can preprogram their lectures. Each Instructor may have multiple
lectures each with a different name. To set up a lecture, from the Main Page (Figure 3),
click on "Lecture Sequence" at the top of the page. This action brings up the lecture page
(Figure 5) below.
3.3.1 Click on Create. This brings up the Create Lecture page (Figure 5). Fill in the
name of the instructor and the Scenario or Lecture name. Then double click on the each
sound number. The Sounds Menu will be seen. Double click on your selection. Wait a
moment for the sound fill in in the sequence selected. When finished selecting the
sounds, click on the word Done. It is not necessary to set up a password for playing or
Sounds Directory
Group
Pediatric Heart
Figure 4 Sound Select Page
Description
Normal Heart Sounds, 60 bpm
Normal Heart Sounds, 75 bpm
Paradoxical Split of S
Aortic Stenosis Mild 75 bpm
Atrial Septal Defect 90 bpm
Aortic Regurgitation Mild, 75
bpm
Normal Vesicular Breath
Sounds, 24 bpm
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