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How do you carry your stethoscope?
Do you keep it around your neck, tucked in your pocket or do you have the belt clip?
Do you even keep it with you?
Or do you use the (shudder) public, staff use steths?
Also, what kind do you have and what color?
I have a Littmann Cardiology III in Plum. (Thank god it was a dark plum.)
Mine mostly stays around my neck. Its an Littmann Classic SE II in a Neon type color. I used to put it in my pocket when helping out transferring a patient, but the Stethoscope quickly would get caught on other things. Unless I am working in psych my Stethoscope is always around my neck.
Bear in mind that, while it may look cool to wear it around one's neck, a stethoscope worn that way creates an easy opportunity for a person who intends harm to the person wearing it. Be careful.
I agree. I've been choked with my own stethoscope. Not enjoyable. Don't wear a gait belt around your neck (yup, have seen it done!), don't wear a necklace to work, don't wear earrings or piercings that can be torn out of your body by an agitated person...
Better to look uncool and stay safe.
I carried mine around my neck until!!!! I started working at a maximum security prison. A stethoscope around your neck is considered a weapon at you can quickly be strangled with it. If caught with it around your neck the discipline is corrected by immediate termination. I did see that happen to others.
RNMeg
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I keep mine in my tote bag most of the time. It goes around my neck when I'm doing assessments. I have a bright red Littmann cardiology III