This time, I'm talking to Dr. Osuka (Osuka Orthopedics), an orthopedic surgeon. He said that he doesn't use a stethoscope much in his regular consultations because he is an orthopedic surgeon. He said that he used to feel nervous every time he had to use a stethoscope during medical checkups, but with the introduction of Nexstetho, he was able to efficiently conduct medical checkups for about 300 students.
I am an orthopedic surgeon, but I have already been a school physician at a nearby middle school for about 8 years. Scoliosis detection is one of my specialties, but every time I have to do an unaccustomed auscultation, I feel nervous. Moreover, when I used a mechanical stethoscope to examine about 300 children in one day, my ears were constricted by the earpiece, and I was troubled by ear pain and headache.
On social networking sites, a junior doctor in my university introduced Nexstetho. I was watching the situation, wondering if it would be difficult for the general public to accept it, but then the new corona pandemic hit. With the growing understanding of new lifestyles, we introduced Nexstetho with the expectation that it could be used for infection prevention.
Status of medical checkup
I basically wore only gym clothes and no underwear during the auscultation.
I connected a commercially available full wireless earphone to the Nexstetho.
In two and a half hours, I successfully completed medical checkups for about 300 men and women, and I did not have any headache or ear pain like with a mechanical stethoscope.
I was able to carefully auscultate the student with underlying heart disease. Heart sounds can be heard very well.
Good points!👍
You can hear the auscultation clearly without taking off your clothes. I think it is especially suitable for female students.
Even though I was wearing another undergarment under my gym clothes, I could hear well with the volume control.
The chest piece does not come in direct contact with the skin, so it provides protection against infection.
You don't have to get naked on a cold day.
The Nexstetho sounded much better than the mechanical stethoscope.
Points to consider when using the system
Have a mechanical stethoscope ready in case the battery runs out.
Use a mobile battery or other device to recharge the battery in your free time.
How do you deal with noise, such as when students are buzzing?
etc...
Future usage
Use a strap hole to prevent it from falling.
How about a bone conduction earphone?
For chest auscultation of adult women, it might be useful to have a slightly curved neck.
Durability: I would like to use it over time.
Future Outlook
In the future, health checkups will probably include
(1) Prevention of infection
(2) Reducing the physical burden on the doctor (earache, headache)
(3) Reduce the physical burden on doctors (earache, headache)
I think it would be a good idea to purchase several of these devices for each school, and doctors could bring only their own earphones and pair them. In addition, I believe that the environment where a school nurse applies a stethoscope and a doctor conducts an online medical checkup will come in the not-too-distant future.
The principal and the school nurse helped with the photo shoot. Thank you very much.
The school nurse also commented that it was perfect for preventing infection.
Overall, the product is more than worth the price, and we will definitely use it again in the future, even though we don't have many opportunities.