Improving dyspnea and preventing patients with COPD from going to the hospital requires expert monitoring of heart and lung sounds. Improve your clinicians? competency by using the blended approach of reading and listening. Eighty five tracks of heart sounds on one CD and 65 tracks of breath sounds on another are cued to work together with the easy to use book. This 2006 update contains detailed illustrations that highlight anatomy, physiology and pathophysiology with rapid review flowcharts, auscultation tips, alerts, age issues and English/Spanish terms and phrases. Each chapter includes a pretest and posttest making this the perfect in-service for individuals and groups.