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[Tod Estes]

Quoting "James Binnion" <jbin at well.com>:

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> 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.
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>> Tod Estes
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> 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.
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> James Binnion
> jbin at well.com
I didnt mention it before but those are really really cool rings.

The old crank style ring cutter is not painful to the patient. I have  
heard that the motor driven style heats up the ring a bit, but I have  
no experience with those. The umbilical tape method takes a wounded  
finger and you wind unbilical tape around it distal to the ring and  
with a bit of pressure while wrapping. (Ouch) Then you pass the  
proximal end under the ring and while applying pressure on that end  
toward the finger tip you unwind the tape. this forces the skin to  
move under ring and the ring to move toward the end of the finger.  
Lots of pressure and that ='s pain. I try to digital block the finger  
first. Still not a bit of fun for the patient.
It never fails to remind me to leave my rings out of the shop.
Tod Estes

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