 Alright what's up you guys? So I wanted to kind of change it up for you all. I was looking back at some old emails trying to clear my email out of like junk emails and I came across this receipt for like over $1300 that I spent on items like equipment for a PA school and I was like what in the world like why did I spend so much money on this stuff and it's because it was that expensive and we were told that we needed it for PA school but I've realized that half of those things actually more than 90% of them I don't use in my day to day life as a trauma PA. So I wanted to kind of give you guys a little heads up and some tips on things that you should avoid buying brand new for PA school and you know just don't waste your money because it's a waste of money. So let's get into the video right now. What's up you guys? It's Madonna welcome back to my channel. Okay so like I said I was cleaning out my email I was looking at some stuff and I was like dang this is over $1300 this is ridiculous and I was poor at that time right like I was just struggling like trying to get into PA school pre-PA and I had to dish out this money to buy all of these this equipment. So I have something that I like absolutely use on a consistent basis in my job that is definitely well worth the money. So I'll show you guys that and if you guys haven't seen like my video from way back when I was in PA school and I was talking about all of my equipment that I use in PA school go check that video I'll leave a link for it in the description box and maybe like an end card right here but this this my litman okay this item right here this is imperative so I use this on a consistent basis oh some dust this has been up in my closet the box I don't know why I still have it but I use my litman cardiology stethoscope on a consistent basis in trauma because we have to listen to lungs and you know you're listening for breath sounds and all of these various different things when people come in as traumas into the trauma bay to see if they have a pneumo or I see if the og is in the right place or see if you know they're getting aerated correctly and the et tube is in the right place like the endotracheal tube that goes down into intubation so those are things that I'm consistently using my stethoscope for and just like on sometimes like day to day rounds you like listen to people's lungs and things like that uh when you're concerned so definitely not a waste okay absolutely buy this like you can splurge on it like mine was um purple like it has like a little like um what is it called like rainbowy like it's so pretty it's beautiful I love it so you can splurge on it it has my like little um engraving on it you know because it's gonna be with me forever hopefully so that's that but that I've been out of PA school and no in the three years that I've been out of PA school and um yeah it's it was a waste of time so I got them from we got them from like welch allen welch allen is um where we we were told to buy our items and they have good products they worked for me in PA school but look at this y'all look some scissors still in the bag never use this I've never used this it's still in the bag not not torn out at all okay um but yeah so we have some scissors um I don't know what this is I think these are like for the the airpiece oh no this so this is like the little bulb that you squeeze it attaches to like your otoscope and stuff so I will show you that but it comes it's a little bulb um eye and ear nose bulb okay so that's what that is okay never used it I didn't even use it in PA school which is what we bought it for the mallet for your reflexes okay so you can have like your check your reflexes never use this I think I may have used it like once in PA school but like look at this it's like it's still in great condition because I don't use it in my regular day-to-day work so waste of time you guys don't even like if you can get these things used from your upperclassmen a lot of them are not going to use it on their job their job is already going to have like half of these things the majority of these things the things that they actually need especially if they're working like in hospital or in um an office space that's already been set up like you're not going to be bringing your own stuff except for your stethoscope so don't even waste your time on that and your money I have all of these um little earpiece things to kind of look in your ear um so the thing is is that I do use these um I use these because my husband is like a fanatic about like cleaning his ear out and like you know coming because he can't hear or something like that so I use these to like look in his ear so actually I do use it outside of PA school but not for my job so if you have a husband like mine I guess sure go ahead and and get um the otoscope and and use that but if not then it's just get it used tuning for it and I know if you can hear it I'm trying to see if you can hear it in my thing but this is tuning for I can hear the buzzing you might be able to hear the buzzing in there but um I only use this for my like like that module in PA school and here's the other other one see if you guys can hear that I don't know other tuning fork um this is a measuring tape again these are all in this box that has been up in my closet that I have not used for a long time so measuring tape and this was like so you can kind of see like the panoramic like you use this to look and see the panoramic eye view okay so this was again from like Welsh Allen you um use this to do like the panoramic like a thomascope view but again as you can see like still everything is pretty much still in the box in the case not used so those are some of the things that I definitely don't use another thing that was expensive um that I went ahead and got like the cool one that I don't use at all is this my pediatric okay my pediatric blood pressure cup and my adult blood pressure cup which are in great condition um don't use it but uh you know what my mom is trying to start a little clinic um back home and so maybe I can donate these things to her because she can definitely use a blood pressure cuff but I've I used it only in that module in PA school I didn't even use it like when we were in the free clinic um or when I was on my rotations because again they had these there already so here it is great mint condition never been used and then the last thing okay that I use but I don't use like I said I use it for my husband because he is a fanatic when it comes to his ear but this Welsh Allen again which was the products that we were told to get and then this is my ophthalmoscope and otoscope so I don't know the last time I used my ophthalmoscope um now the thing is that um when my kids were like still young uh like my littlest when she was really young and she would get like got still got air infections so I actually used my otoscope then to kind of like test out my skills and also see if like yeah she had like any like fluid behind her eardrum that I could see um and I was able to see that so I used it then but you guys like I've never I've never used this otoscope ever again in my life like in since 2019 I have not used it um and then this is the I mean the ophthalmoscope and this is the otoscope right so like I said this is what I use on a consistent basis to look in aunt's ear um so that is it those are the items that I wasted my money on that I don't use um in my everyday work as a PA and so like I said pro tip for you guys if you can get it for a very like um reduced price from the upperclassmen that are no longer going to be using it that are graduating I suggest you do that there's usually some type of like come together meet and greet between the lower like the new classes that are coming in and the upperclassmen that are leaving or will be going into their second year so um if you are at that you know like ask around and say hey is there anything that I can buy or if you're paired up with a mentor something along those lines because honestly like spending $1,300 on these items that you're never going to use again or highly likely not going to use again it's it's not worth it like you can pay you know premium price for your stethoscope like a hundred couple hundred dollars but um apart from that all of these other items are a waste of your money so don't do it okay alright if you guys have any other questions for me please leave them in the comment section below don't forget to subscribe and like this video follow me on instagram at it on the pa and on instagram and get that's the university thank you so much for watching I will talk to you guys next time bye