Docs: do you chill your stethoscope?

As a (play) doc I always make sure my stethoscopes are well chilled before any exam 😃

If I remember a few hours before the coldest part of the fridge is perfect (or minibar if a in hotel). If I remember last minute then I use the freezer.

Speculums and proctoscopes are also suitably chilled before use.

I think my patients appreciate the attention to detail.

I had a few virtual patients make sure my stethoscope was cold before using it. *wink*

For my play patient yes. For patients no, of course. Comfort of my patients is ultimate priority

It depends on the situation. In my online play exams I will always describe the cold steth amd the chill of the metal. It may have been on ice or in the fridge. In real life mostly it is warmed, sadly I have little experience in real life. Im gonna try and change that this year.

Place refrigeration coils in back of your exam room cabinet box. Best to be about 33-34 deg F (1 deg C); it's sufficient to easily get desired "effect" and below freezing can actually cause condensation problems with frost plus the KY jelly freezes solid. I love it when they tell me, OOOOOOh, that's really cold!!!

I have two steths and one doesn't have the non-chill rim so it's ways nice and cold