Stethoscope Hip Clip

[JamesBond15]

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Anyone have/use the stethoscope hip clip? Seems like a good idea but wondering if anyone has had any experience with them. I have a cardiology III, so I hope it fits into the clip.

Example:
http://www.nursesdirect.com/productxl.html?t_q=CG661

 

[turkeyjerky]

all I know is, they look f'ing ******ed

 

[JamesBond15]

all I know is, they look f'ing ******ed

Yeah, I hope I wouldn't come off looking like a tool. The ones I seen aren't bad looking. I think the convenience may win over.

 

[nlax30]

I've debated getting one. I've seen some residents with 'em and I guess there are those who think it looks ******ed and I can see that, but I also think it could be practical. I don't like having the stethoscope around my neck or over shoulder and already having other stuff in my white coat pockets it can be tricky to pull out my stethoscope at times without everything else in the pocket coming with it. I like NOT wearing a white coat when I can so this would work for those situations.

I definitely don't think it's on the same level as wearing a patterned scrub cap outside of the OR or wearing scrubs everywhere you go in public.

 

[sideways]

 

[Hurricane95]

I have one and it comes in very practical. F*** what everyone thinks. If I'm wearing my white coat I stash my steth in a pocket, but if im running around in scrubs only like in the OR I use the clip. At my place most anesthesiologists and surgeons (the ones who actually auscultate people) have one.

I think it looks far more ******ed and toolish to walk around everywhere the whole damn day with the thing around your neck.

 

[hrandani]

I bought one but I never figured out how to use it properly. Whatever I do something falls down or falls off. Anyway, I never use the stethoscope in the first place. It stays in the bag.

 

[alwaysaangel]

This one: http://www.amazon.com/Wild-Tree-Des...UTF8&coliid=I1U6D0E98503J&colid=1SVJVSSE5RU5B

<3 it. Plastic ones look cheap and I always figured I would lose my stethoscope. I'm a big fan of the batclip.

 

[Jolie South]

I bought one but I never figured out how to use it properly. Whatever I do something falls down or falls off. Anyway, I never use the stethoscope in the first place. It stays in the bag.

You never use your stethoscope? Like at all?

 

[Hurricane95]

I use this one, but in black. Cost me $5 at my school's book/supply store:

http://www.amazon.com/Uniform-Hip-Clip-Stethoscope-Holder/dp/B0026KAEXA/ref=pd_sbs_misc_1

 

[C5toC9]

pretty cool, always thought there should be a simpler solution to carry it around but never thought about this

 

[xanthomondo]

This one: http://www.amazon.com/Wild-Tree-Des...UTF8&coliid=I1U6D0E98503J&colid=1SVJVSSE5RU5B

<3 it. Plastic ones look cheap and I always figured I would lose my stethoscope. I'm a big fan of the batclip.

Damn I was really hoping it would have a Batman symbol on it.

 

[LossForWords]

This one: http://www.amazon.com/Wild-Tree-Des...UTF8&coliid=I1U6D0E98503J&colid=1SVJVSSE5RU5B

<3 it. Plastic ones look cheap and I always figured I would lose my stethoscope. I'm a big fan of the batclip.

I like this one. If you're going to go for it, go big. Get leather.

 

[coralfangs]

all I know is, they look f'ing ******ed

Whether they look bad or not, they work.
You don't have to jam your steth into your pocket when you are not wearing a white coat and you don't have to hang it around your neck.
Hang it around your neck for a day and I am sure you will feel the weight.

I am thinking of getting one myself. I'm serious.

 

[Marcus Brody]

Anyone have/use the stethoscope hip clip? Seems like a good idea but wondering if anyone has had any experience with them. I have a cardiology III, so I hope it fits into the clip.

Example:
http://www.nursesdirect.com/productxl.html?t_q=CG661

The only way to look more douchey than an MS1 owning a $170 stethoscope is by carrying it around in a "hip clip" from nursesdirect.com. 🤣

Seems like there is a stethoscope fetish among pre-meds and med students these days. They grow up seeing it around docs' necks and worship it as an icon of the profession. But with all the technology available now that's really all it has become...a symbol. Nurses will make the most of a stethoscope for BP and lung sounds. I know cardiologists who just carry very basic ones, and never really use them much. If they suspect a murmur or regurg or something--- it's called ordering an echo.

 

[JamesBond15]

The only way to look more douchey than an MS1 owning a $170 stethoscope is by carrying it around in a "hip clip" from nursesdirect.com. 🤣

Seems like there is a stethoscope fetish among pre-meds and med students these days. They grow up seeing it around docs' necks and worship it as an icon of the profession. But with all the technology available now that's really all it has become...a symbol. Nurses will make the most of a stethoscope for BP and lung sounds. I know cardiologists who just carry very basic ones, and never really use them much. If they suspect a murmur or regurg or something--- it's called ordering an echo.

I guess your school doesn't require med students to learn how to use a stethoscope, sorry about that. I may not use it as an attending, but I sure as heck need it now. Sure I can (try to) stuff it into my pocket or carry it around my neck, but both are not very convenient.

 

[Dr.LeoSpaceman]

But with all the technology available now that's really all it has become...a symbol.

And what if you're in a position where you don't have any of that technology? This is like saying "Why bother with the laryngoscope when we can just call for the GlideScope?"

The stethoscope still gets used on every patient that's intubated or gets an NG tube. So if you're a surgeon or anesthesiologist, that's not infrequently.

 

[Doctor Bob]

And what if you're in a position where you don't have any of that technology? This is like saying "Why bother with the laryngoscope when we can just call for the GlideScope?"

Amen to that.

Plus there are plenty of lung issues that you can pick up with a stethoscope and save the patient the cost of a radiologic study. And you should never diagnose tension with a chest xray, but without a stethoscope you won't pick it up until it's too late.

But perhaps we're digressing away from the point of the thread which is hip clips. Personally, I'm a huge fan of them. Then again, I'm in the ED where we don't wear coats, but even when I was a medical student I hated putting it in the coat pocket.