Do you buy medical equipment for home use?

Nurses General Nursing

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Just curious, do any of you nurses buy special medical equipment (ie patient monitors, iv pumps etc) for use at home and use it on yourself/family members?

Specializes in Critical Care.

My nursing program gave us manual BP cuffs so if I ever feel like taking a BP on a family member I crack that out. I have a thermometer because I have a kiddo and would like to know if she has a fever or not when she gets cranky and I'll listen to her lungs if she's got a cold but that's more for my own practice than anything else.

I don't even know where I would KEEP a vitals machine. Honestly, when I get home from the hospital I don't want to see anything that looks (or worse, makes sounds) like anything in the hospital.

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Just looked up IV poles, poles can be had for around $20.00 0n ebay, and a controller was $55.00. Not that extravagant, think I will keep an eye on these for my plants!

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Specializes in ambulant care.
Why on earth would you want to buy an IV pump for HOME USE?

To get a dear one out of the hospital to stay the last days/weeks/months at home !!!

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I bought a functioning AED off ebay last year and am quite happy with the purchase.

Am I the only one who thinks "shocked someone with an AED they bought off eBay and never had serviced" sounds like a malpractice suit waiting to happen?

But I guess if you have a lot of money and you enjoy spending it on medical equipment you'll never use...

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