Repetition Training: Crackles - Coarse (Rales)
Crackles - Coarse (Rales)
Research studies have demonstrated that listening to a heart sound for 2-3 minutes can help students master auscultation.
For textual descriptions, waveforms and heart animations, please use our courses on this website.
![auscultation sound from lesson](https://mededu.azureedge.net/public/images/auscPosition-Ant2R.png)
![waveform](https://mededu.azureedge.net/public/sounds/waveforms203/73.png)
Listening Tips
S1:Systole:
S2:
Diastole:
Features:Course crackles are discontinuous, brief, popping sounds. Similar to the sound of a hook and loop fastener being pulled apart. They have also been described as a bubbling sound. More common during inspiration