Reflex Hammer and Tuning Fork

[Doc Einstein]

I have to buy reflex hammer, tuning fork, and pocket pen light for our clinical class at school. Does anyone have any recommendations or is Amazon items sufficient?

Thanks!

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[Stellar Clouds]

Get the cheapest ones you can find on Amazon. Make sure the tuning fork is the correct frequency.

 

[organdonor]

For tuning forks get the cheapest you can find. You will not use them except on your neurology rotation and even then not very often.

Reflex hammers, for now probably get a cheap one. I've used a cheap tomahawk style one that came free with my stethoscope. Once you know what you are doing you can improvise with either your hand or the side of the bell of your stethoscope. There are some very nice mallet type reflex hammers which do indeed make eliciting reflexes easier, heavier the better.

For penlight at first I just used a free one. I realized that once in the bottom of my bag/pocket other stuff pressing against the clip would turn it on and drain the battery. With the super cheap pen lights you can't replace the battery so you have to throw them out. I have since used only pen lights with replaceable batteries, preferably AA or AAA so you can find a spare in the hospital.

 

[DrEnderW]

Everyone knows the black on black stealth field addition reflex hammer on amazon for like $5 is the way to go. 😎

They package deal you a pen light too.

 

[Cinclus]

Amazon has the "Prestige Babinski Telescoping Reflex Hammer." I like this style of hammer better than the "tomahawk" style. I find it much easier to use.

 

[Etorphine]

Everyone knows the black on black stealth field addition reflex hammer on amazon for like $5 is the way to go. 😎

They package deal you a pen light too.

On the first day of Neuro, our clinical director held one of those up and said, "You know what they call these?..... Garbage!" and then proceeded to hurl it into the trash.

Apparently from the initiated, these are the way to go:

Amazon has the "Prestige Babinski Telescoping Reflex Hammer." I like this style of hammer better than the "tomahawk" style. I find it much easier to use.

+1

 

[Stellar Clouds]

On the first day of Neuro, our clinical director held one of those up and said, "You know what they call these?..... Garbage!" and then proceeded to hurl it into the trash.

Apparently from the initiated, these are the way to go:

+1

That looks expensive. Don't waste money on something that you are probably only going to use on a couple rotations as a third year. Get the cheapest thing that gets the job done. Then, if you decide to pursue neurology, you can spend money on the fancier one.

 

[Etorphine]

That looks expensive. Don't waste money on something that you are probably only going to use on a couple rotations as a third year. Get the cheapest thing that gets the job done. Then, if you decide to pursue neurology, you can spend money on the fancier one.

http://www.amazon.com/American-Diag...qid=1381805056&sr=8-14&keywords=reflex+hammer

$6.04 for almost identical one on amazon. Better to spend money on something you're going to keep, than spend money on something that's useless, but maybe that's just me

 

[Stellar Clouds]

http://www.amazon.com/American-Diag...qid=1381805056&sr=8-14&keywords=reflex+hammer

$6.04 for almost identical one on amazon. Better to spend money on something you're going to keep, than spend money on something that's useless, but maybe that's just me

Fair enough...6 bucks ain't half bad

 

[Siggy]

The best review of reflex hammers I've seen:

http://drgrumpyinthehouse.blogspot.com/2011/03/secrets-of-jedi-masters.html

For reflex hammers, I do honestly suggest spending the extra $2-3 for a good one. My white coat has an inside pocket which fits the long Queen Square reflex hammer perfectly (however if I ever fall I'm going to give myself a pneumo). It works 1,000x better than the Taylor hammers... plus is pretty impressive when you pull it out from seemingly nowhere.