How to use the examination equipment

Pneumatic Otoscope

The hand-held pneumatic otoscope provides mobility for the examiner in the exam room, allowing the exam to be completed wherever the child, parent,
and examiner are comfortable.

Notice the way the physician cradles the pneumatic bulb in the web space between his thumb and index finger, freeing up his other and.

Use the pneumatic otoscope for all examinations for suspected acute otitis media, and attempt to observe movement of the tympanic membrane on all xams.

Disposable Ear Curettes

Clean, new, plastic disposable ear curettes are used. The older metal curettes needed to be sterilized between patients. AIDS and hepatitis B are particularly dangerous infections that could be transmitted by unclean instruments.

The top, blue one, is our favorite, because it is shaped like a tiny spoon. We tell the child that it is an ear spoon, and let the child hold it while we are getting ready, to defuse any anxiety.