While dredging through my referral log on Site Meter I came across a link from this blog. Respiratory Therapy Cave says it’s about “Lung Wit and Wisdom”, which sounds pretty funny. Actually it does have some pretty funny stuff, including a bunch of respiratory motivational posters. The specific post that was linked here was back in 2008, How To Listen To Lung Sounds. This is a really good post, every EMT and paramedic should read it and follow the methodology expressed. I particularly like this,

Fourth, listen to the patient’s throat. If you hear the wheeze loud in the throat, there is a high likelihood that it is not a bronchospasm wheeze. It is probably a wheeze caused by phlegm in throat, or a dry throat, or snoring, or maybe even stridor.

Very often, too often, we get reports by EMTs that the patient has “diffuse wheezes”, but when we listen it’s really just some crap in their throats, nothing that Albuterol or a Combivent will cure.
Duly added to my blog roll, although I can not figure out how he linked to me because Too Old To Work, Too Young To Retire is nowhere to be found on his blog, including on the specific post in my referrer log.

No matter, this is a valuable resource for learning about one of the most important things we do in EMS.