[TheForge] OT: Our new website.

[James Binnion]

On Dec 30, 2008, at 3:08 PM, Tod Estes wrote:
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> The ring cutters that I have at my and most small hospitals are  
> manual crank type ring cutters. I do remove most every ring with  
> umbilical tape and curved small hemostats. The upside of removing  
> rings in this manner is that the ring remains intact and the  
> umbilical tape allows you to tie the ring around the patient's neck.  
> Although it is VERY painful.
>
> Tod Estes
>

I can't imagine that if there is trauma that requires ring removal  
that any method would not be painful but having never done it in that  
situation I don't know.


James Binnion
jbin at well.com