The T ring

[celticcare]

Hi all, hope all is well with you guys and gals and happy EMS week.

Was surfing the ol dubbayah dubbayah inter web and came across this....

The t ring for trauma of the fingers and potentially toes. This product is for sale on general first aid supplies websites. Has anyone seen or dealt with these? In the ER or Primary health option sure I could see these being used but in emergency prehospital environment. Just curious about the ideas with it. Their website is www.thetring.com I promise I am not sending on a wild goose chase

Happy posting

Scotty

[paramedicmike]

I've used this at work. I think I even have one or two sitting on my desk here at home. The idea is that it's supposed to limit blood flow for distal finger injuries for wound repair purposes.

In theory, the idea is great. In practice they're a little difficult to place. They'll catch the proximal edge of the wound making it difficult to actually place the ring on the finger without causing further damage. Most of the time, if I have a distal finger or toe injury where I want to slow the blood flow for wound repair I'll just grab a tourniquet from an IV start kid and tie that off, complete the wound repair then take it off.

[island emt]

looks like something one would expect to find in a gay sex store catalog .

Or maybe in the BSM section,

[celticcare]

looks like something one would expect to find in a gay sex store catalog .Or maybe in the BSM section,

The thought did enter my mind island....

Also expected big brother dwayne to comment first on that similarity

Edited May 22, 2014 by celticcare

[island emt]

he's off playing with the sheep in PNG

[Just Plain Ruff]

looks like something one would expect to find in a gay sex store catalog .

Or maybe in the BSM section,

you would be the first to mention this, is retirement that bad?

[island emt]

Nah retirement is great.

When I worked in a big city one of our stations was in a seedier part of town and the sex shops and porn theaters were regular stops for us. We did a lot of call volume from that 6 square block area, usually after midnight.

Me to Pt: Good morning Sir what seems to be the problem?

Pt :: I um have this problem ummmm .It's stuck in there.

Me : Whats stuck where???

Pt : Um it won't come out.

Me: Maybe if you tell me what it is thats stuck we can figure this out.

Pt: : Here let me show you>

Me ::: Oh ! Thats really stuck in there huh. Do I really want to know how or why ?????

How long has "IT " been in there?

Pt: since last night at 8pm.

Me: You do realize it's now 5 AM ????

PT: I was hoping the batteries would wear out.

OK why don't we take a ride down to Hatford Hospital and you can see if the Doc has some ideas on how to get it out of there

Pt :OK But can I lay on my side cause it's really started to get to me with all those vibrations.

Me: Whatever floats your boat is fine with me.

[Arctickat]

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