Table 17.2—Suggested Equipment and Supplies for House Calls

Basic equipment and supplies

 

Cerumen curette

Sphygmomanometer

 

Cotton tip applicators

Stethoscope

 

Gloves

Stool guaiac cards and developer

 

Intravenous starting kit and fluid

Tape measure

 

Lubricating jelly

Toenail clippers

 

Oto-ophthalmoscope

Tongue depressors

 

Phlebotomy equipment

Tuning fork

 

Reflex hammer

Urine dipsticks

 

Snellen chart

Sharps container

Additional supplies

 

Emergency medications (protect from heat and cold)

Specimen cups

 

Foley and coudé catheter

Wound debridement kit

 

Genitourinary syringe

Wound dressing materials

 

Nasogastric tube

 

Also consider

 

AudioScope

Portable oxygen

 

Glucometer with lancets in strips

Pulse oximeter

 

Portable electrocardiograph machine

Voice amplifier