Eko CORE™ Digital Attachment Reviews

4.6 Rating 699 Reviews

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“Greatly for teaching and recording murmurs”

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Posted 1 year ago

“I always just pass my hearing test enough, but have the worst hearing. Lung and heart sounds were always hard for me. But with this my GBS or high dose chemo patients that need intense assessments for treatment, I am able to hear changes that are important. I can record also if it’s a change I’m unsure about and let my nurse manager hear it too.”

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Posted 1 year ago

“I have had an Eko Core for about 2.5 years and I use it in the air medical service. It works great to enhance your listening capabilities and provide better patient care. I have a lot of intubated patients and patients I have to listen to in the back of an ambulance, being able to get good respiratory sounds is critical for my practice. We've all been there, you're listening to a patient's lung sounds and you're trying to decide if the sounds are diminished or you're having trouble hearing due to the environment or shallow breathing from your patient; now you don't have to wonder. I listen to cardiac sounds much less but on the occasion that I do, the Core is helpful there as well. What I think could be better is the center button on the Core should be user-programable from within the app. Currently, the button starts/stops recording in the app. I should be able to decide what I want that button to do, which takes me to the other issue I have with the Core; in order to change the software focus of the sounds I'm listening to (wide/cardiac/respiratory) I have to open the app and select it there. This was a bit shortsighted on the part of the engineers, thinking that everyone using this device would have or would want to pull out their phone during every exam. A lot of EMS workers are starting to adopt this device and I have heard the same complaint from all of the ones I have spoken to; I don't want to pull out my phone on scene, open the app, dig into the menu, and change the setting. It would be better if I could press the button on the Core to go through the modes without opening the phone. This is not a deal-breaker, but something to consider with future upgrades in software/firmware. I just leave mine in respiratory mode because that's mostly what I need. The power button is notorious amongst users for turning itself on when it is in your pocket, around your neck, in a bag, etcetera. This tends to drain your battery without you realizing it. To combat this, I created a power blocker device that dozens of users have raved about since getting their hands on it: https://bit.ly/3qbyRQS”

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Posted 1 year ago

“I have really bad hearing when it comes to auscultating my patients. But this makes my job in the CVICU so much easier. The Eko helps me hear chest tubes rubbing in patients, and also fine crackles/wheezing. It helps me identify irregularities in S1 & S2. This is actually my second Eko Core. I was gifted an Eko Core back in 05/28/2021. It worked beautifully for two years (exactly how long the warranty lasts). Two months after the warranty expired (July 2023), my Eko core stopped charging properly. I tried reading the troubleshooting guide on EKO's website, but all the steps suggested didn't fix the EKO. Whenever I plugged it into the charger, it would show yellow/orange for 10 seconds, and then switch to green. When I tried to turn it on, it’ll flash white twice and then consistently flash that it has low battery (yellow orange). The audio would crackle in and out. I reached out to EKO, and they referred me to Littman software support who told me the following: "The Littmann Core SWtethoscope has a 2-year warranty. According to your information, the warranty has expired. We have service available for the stethoscope and we will replace the Core module and go through the the rest of the device to insure proper operation for a flat fee of $200.00." I'm pretty disappointed in the customer service. My warranty was only expired by 2 months and my $300 piece was rendered useless. I bought another core, and hopefully, this one will last more than 2 years 2 months this time. If it breaks again after such a short period of time, I will not repurchase. I am expecting my core to last at least 5-10 years. If it breaks in 2-3 years, I will be extremely disappointed. It's a really great product if it works--I am just unsure if it was built to last.”

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Posted 1 year ago

“I'm a cardiology nurse practitioner, and the Eko Core Digital attachment amazingly amplifies heart sounds (along with EVERYTHING else). I can hear soft/faint murmurs without difficulty now. I would have given it 5 stars, but I thought it was supposed to block out background sounds, which it doesn't.”

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Posted 1 year ago

“This is a great enhancement to any stethoscope.”

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Posted 1 year ago

“Works as advertised, thanks...”

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Posted 1 year ago

“Absolutely perfect! Thank you so much! I have a hearing deficit and this attachment is amazing! I recommended it to everyone and I also give it as a gift.”

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Posted 1 year ago