Last-Minute Holiday Gift Guide
House call clinicians are unique. Treating patients in their homes in the community brings with it a unique set of problems to overcome. To make sure that the clinician in your life has the tools and resources they need to succeed in 2020, we’ve assembled a list of the best buys this holiday season.
We organized them into three key categories in our holiday gift guide, Clinical, functional and fun (because who doesn’t need a little more fun in their life?)
Clinical Gifts – To get your patients back to being amazing active older adults, you need the proper tools. But being a clinician in the community means you need to be mobile on top of clinically excellent. Your tools need to get the job done right and fit into your laptop bag or the trunk of your car.
Functional Gifts – Working in the community means walking or driving from patient to patient. This means your car or bag needs to carry everything you need to treat from the time you leave in the morning until you make it back home.
Fun Gifts – What’s a holiday gift list without something fun for your special clinician? House call clinicians have a special calling – and that means specialized humor and gifts specific to them.
Clinical Gifts to Make Your PT, OT, or SLP Rejoice
Zacurate 500BL Fingertip Pulse Oximeter Blood Saturation Monitor – $13.39
Have a patient whose O2 drops with exercise? Not sure?! With this gift, you will be able to make sure your next exercise session stays on the north side of 90% on this small but mighty pulse oximeter.
OMRON 10 Series Wireless Upper Arm Blood Pressure Monitor – $54.79
Vitals are vital, so make sure you can accurately check your patient’s BP with this wireless BP monitor. This one connects to your phone via Bluetooth for accurate readings where you can track the last 100 readings (in case you forgot to write it down in your notes).
Camry Digital Dynamometer – $21.22
This handheld dynamometer lets you accurately measure grip strength. It’s digital, light and slim. So it fits easily into a bag and won’t weigh you down when you’re on the move.
Dry-erase boards can serve many purposes when delivering SLP services in the home. From presenting stimulus to working on a reminder system for the client. The sky is the limit when using this medium.
Sometimes you just need something heavy to lift up and put back down. These kettlebells check all of the boxes. Heavy, various sizes/weights, easy color codes and big handles so your patients won’t lose their grip. This set has an added bonus they’re coated in vinyl so they won’t scratch surfaces.
When it comes to strengthening your patient’s hands, you need to have a variety of ways to get the job done right. This set features tools that any occupational therapist can use in many ways to make sure their patient’s hands get back into shape.
Functional Gifts Clinicians Will Appreciate
Let’s face it, our phone is our lifeline to everything. Calls, texts, calendars, directions, looking up holiday gift guides! So make sure yours stays secure while close at hand when you’re on the road. This phone holder fits in all cup holders and won’t let your phone go. Grab this and make sure your phone doesn’t fall in that nether region between your car seat and the divider never to be heard from again!
Memory Foam Wedge Seat Cushion – $24.95
Clinicians can specialize in seating and mobility devices because it’s important how we sit. If you spend a lot of time in the car, you should make sure you’re taken care of too. This wedge seat cushion is memory foam with an ergonomic design to make your miles on the road to see patients won’t wear you down too much.
Car Cargo Trunk Organizer – $24.99
If you drive to see patients, you have your trunk as your “clinic locker.” But things can get unruly if you don’t make a little bit of an effort to keep it organized. This divider has lots of pockets and spots to hold your tools, is made of durable fabric so it can take a beating and it has a tie-down strap to keep it from sliding around if you take a turn too hard.
Ultra-Compact Portable Battery – $21.00
Not every clinician who performs house calls drives to see their patients. Some are on foot for their entire day. If that’s the case, you need to make sure your phone lasts as long as you do. This charger will keep your portable devices full juice all day and it’s not too heavy when you’re on the go.
Steering Wheel Tray/Desk – $13.49
If you spend time on the road as a clinician, you wind up using your car as a table for one! Don’t balance that sandwich on your knee. That bottle of water might spill over if you leave it sitting on your dashboard. This tray slides right in and hooks to your steering wheel to give you a much-needed surface to work with at lunchtime. For less than $15, it’ll pay for itself by preventing just one food-related mishap that will lead to a dry cleaning bill.
Fun Gifts for House Call Clinicians
Some of us need a boost of caffeine to start our days… or a few more to keep us going. This stainless steel tumbler lets any OT show off their career while their caffeine stays secure inside.
For some reason, anatomy jokes never get old for clinicians. “It’s going TIBEA-OK!” “I find this humerus!” You get the idea. This set of anatomy themed pens makes sure people know what you do for a living with the added bonus of a quick anatomical structure review throughout the day.
Physical Therapy T-Shirt – $17.99
Who doesn’t love a good crossover? Friends + Physical Therapy = this great t-shirt that will let you show off your profession and your binge TV obsession. Could this shirt BE any cooler?
Inspiration comes in a few forms in the early morning hours. Inspirational phrases and caffeine! Mix the two together with this SLP-inspired mug that reminds you why you do what you do while holding your morning cup of liquid inspiration.
Occupational Therapy Pop Socket – $14.99
Here’s a little phone bling that will let you show off your profession while helping you keep a good grip. This PopSocket makes it easier to hang onto your phone while simultaneously being a constant reminder for that world that you are in fact an OT.
For the full list of House Call Clinician Holiday Gifts visit our Amazon Wish List.