Exams in Hotel Rooms

Hey there, could we get some of you who use hotel rooms in which to perform your exams to comment on the equipment you travel with to make things happen?

How do you pack it for travel, especially in the day & age of TSA?

Bigrob-

I'm happy to comment on that, since I seem to be commenting on pretty much everything today. When my partner comes to play, we go to a local hotel in a large national chain. He reserves the same room every time, it's just a "thing" we have.

As mentioned elsewhere on this forum I keep all our play supplies in a standard sized foot locker with a padlock on it. It holds everything including two telescoping IV stands, a task light, and the frames for our leg slings. We also have a six foot folding conference table. If I were to need to travel to meet him somewhere, that foot locker could be shipped in advance via UPS, without the padlock, of course. I wouldn't hesitate to declare it as medical equipment, because it is. How do they know what I do for a living? I use the lock to keep nosy grandchildren and hotel housekeepers at a safe distance. I'm sure that the table could ship as well, but we would probably use the desk or table at the hotel at a remote site.

If he has something that he wants to bring to the party, he ships it to me in advance via Priority Mail or UPS so I can add it to the contents of the foot locker. Then we ship it back to his home address just before he flies home at the end of our session. There are a few items that have stayed with me until the next play session.

Hope that answers your question.

Play On!

LadyDoc

I have done two hotel exams, both were first meetings with patients who were not able to travel as easily as myself. In both cases they were within driving distance however I doubt air travel would have been an issue either. We had agreed in advance that it was a social meeting with dinner and drinks prior to them coming to my exam room for the real deal, and if we did any type of exam back at my hotel room it would only be a sample for them to become familiar with my touch and bedside manner. As a result I only took a stethoscope, aneroid BP cuff, otoscope and tongue depressors, and a few pairs of sterile gloves and K-Y, which all fit neatly in my overnight bag. I found no need for an exam table as one room had a very sturdy 2X4ft cocktail table at the perfect height, and the other room had a vinyl upholstered blanket box which was great for the patient but a few inches low for me.

No one has any reason to be looking in my bag in any case, but if they did there was little to explain should the need arise.

Thanks for the interesting question, bigrob. Although I do have a lot of equipment, I do take the minimum required for hotel play and leave some of the larger heavier items at home. If I am traveling by car, I just pack it all 😃! Some items, such as speculums and nipple clamps don't require much room in a suitcase.

I have never(yet)traveled by air with my medical equipment. I think that I would bring my favorite vibrator and nipple clamps at the very least. Just remember to take the batteries out of the vibrator. I learned that lesson the hard way once when my suitcase began vibrating away in a hotel lobby while I was checking in! Oh, and also, check your reading material before you go through the lobby as well. I recently walked through a Hilton carrying, "The Female Art of Self-Loving" on the top of my reading pile!

Lady Teddy, the traveling nurse/patient

As I mentioned in another thread I keep a Flylite make soft case packed for hotel or home visits. It's an ideal size for this purpose designed specifically at the maximum dimensions allowed in the cabin of most aircraft.It has two pockets at the front which will take the stethoscope,pen light and other small stationery items.

It can be carried by shoulder strap or handle.

In the main compartment I take an IUD removal kit (which is not used for this purpose of course!)But it comprises of a tray and dish plus a sterile field, single use metal speculum,forceps, scissors etc etc, and is ideal to use as a base for the other internal use instruments.

I also take several other metal speculums in various sizes, three or four plastic ones again in different sizes,and a plastic medium size rectal proctoscope.

I have cervi-sampler spatulas and brushes, and a smear test kit.

Examination gloves of course, KY jelly,wet wipes, another light, thermometer.

And misc. depending what the lady's requirements are....single use in and out catheters,catheter dish,sterilising solution, needles,injection swabs, various metal / plastic sounds and dilators.

Single use cloth examination gown, and a green sheet which a nurse gave me some years ago..so most certainly NHS issue!

Clip board with her 'medical' records/notes. Camera if she wants pics...

and of course my white lab coat...

And probably forgotton something vital!...Oh yes the BP monitor!

Dr Philip - The UK Play Doctor.

Paging Dr. Phillip, No wonder you are one of the best play Docs around if all of that yummy stuff is in your carry-on bag 😘. I wonder what you would pack if you had unlimited space.

Lady Teddy

I carry a folding portable examination table, padded and with face hole, loose washable covers. Disposable absorbent pads 90 x 60 cm, wipes, tissues, massage oil, KY, Qtips, Gowns, Soft blanket, Antiseptic spray & gel, Latex & Nitrile gloves, Elastoplast tape, Sterile gauze swabs, Catheters & catheterisation packs, Disposable enema set, Surgical scrubs, pens, bottled water.

Stethoscope, ENT set, Sensitivity outfit inc Wartenberg Wheel, BP monitoring, Urinalysis, Reflex hammer, Tuning Fork, Disposable electronic thermometers, 3 Cusco speculums S,M & L, 1 Collins speculum M, 1 Mathieu 3 prong anal speculum, Set Hagar sounds, Ridged forceps various, Scissors, Sterile syringes, Hypodermic & Acupuncture needles, Saline IV grade, E-stim with pads and vaginal probe (probe is left with patient for next consultation), Nipple clamps, Nipple and clitoral vacuum set, Instrument towels, Small torchlight.

I pack these in 2 medium suitcases and the table in a zip cover. They enable me to give a full top to toe examination and a range of treatments as agreed with the patient. I prefer to arrive 1 hour before the consultation so that the room is as redolent of a Doctors office as is possible and the patient presents as naturally as they would normally.

Travel of course in the UK is not a problem. I do examine in foreign lands and this year I shall be in the US and NZ. I take most things (except my exam table, lol) but ask the prospective patient to get their own speculum and such things. Syringes and needles are no real problem (in aircraft hold baggage) as I have a 'sold for purpose' medical kit to secure sterility in remote areas and the manufacturers inventory lists these items. I just top up quantities a little. Most of the disposables can be bought locally. Catheters I can justify with my advanced age, lol (though thankfully I don't need them).

Of course overseas examinations and treatment routines need modifying though with a little improvisation most problems can be overcome.

Yes, something about an exam in a hotel room is particularly exciting. Not sure why.

All my play exams are in hotel rooms in my city. I prefer hotels that are all suites so that there is a living room in which furniture can be easily moved around. Also this means the exams are not done in the bedroom to remove any sexual connotation. I use a portable massage table which has a paper roll holder installed on one end for an exam table. I have a rolling stool, a four-legged step stool, a white cost, stethoscope, ophthalmoscope, otoscope, tongue depressors, exam gloves, lubricant, sphygmomanometer, and relex hammer. These are easy to transport and load discretely. I get there and set everything up before the examiner arrives.

Yea the Hotel exam is fun. Done one once and i can not complain.

Have been a patient in a few hotel room exams and thoroughly enjoyed them. We "converted" a desk to the exam table with a blanket as a little padding and white sheet over it. Was also kind of fun when you heard some commotion in the hallway.. knowing what we were doing in the room and staff was cleaning and working in the hall way.

There were no issues about transporting the equipment since he was driving through town, rather than flying.

Travelling patients make good patients.

The difficulty is always finding them in your town or somewhere you are visiting.

If any guys would like an medical examination in Newcastle upon Tyne, please let me know.

I have the equipment for a full works exam.

Max

Improvisation and Imagination works well in any setting.

I travel for a living so I tend to have quite a few far distance patients. I always use new equipment with new patients and it tends to be easier to simply ship them supplies. I usually put together a box containing speculums, gown, gloves, lubricant, pap kit, etc. The more expensive items such as stethoscope, bp equipment, cervical dilators, etc I carry with me in a medical bag in checked luggage. I'm sure some TSA agent out there has gotten turned on or off coming across a speculum or two...but who cares...this is far from a prohibited airline travel item. Medical devices are sometimes regulated bythe FDA....but it's not something they hang out at the airports screening for. As far as carry on I don't do that as it just holds things up for you and others having your bags ruffled through.If I'm going to give an exam in a hotel room I always select one that is best suited....large room preferably a suite. They usually have a very nice table or extra counter space that with a bit of extra linens makes for a lovely exam table.

I think the idea of a hotel exam is pretty hot!

Obviously, some hotel or motel rooms are more accommodating than others. If one is able to get an idea of the layout of various rooms, and then choose the better one, it's a great help. I have a massage table I can easily bring along, and if the room features a suitable desk, I have the top portion of an old exam table I can bring that can be made to fit (with a little skill and a few extra parts), resulting in a decent exam table. I've found the extended stay rooms (which are more like a small suite and feature a kitchen) have more room, and lend themselves to a more realistic environment. The most important factor from my perspective is finding a room on the ground level, preferably where I can park just outside the door. As you can imagine, that makes carrying the necessary items in and out far easier.