Lexington County South Carolina

Ring Removal Tricks

1. Spray ring and finger with Windex™ type product. (Use only on intact skin) the ring will slip right off. The window cleaner has a wetting agent that decreases surface tension.

2. Finger compression. On swollen fingers try this. Find the smallest finger on a small glove. Cut a tab that connects to the proximal part of the finger of the glove (you know from up in the hand part of the glove.) Then coat the swollen finger with KY™ Jelly. Slip the glove finger over the swollen finger. Work the TABS up under the ring(s) then put more KY™ on the outside. Pull gently on the TABS, while working the rings over the knuckles. You will find that the skin does not bunch up under the ring as bad.

3. Take a piece string and thread it under the ring. Wrap the tape tightly around finger so you are compressing the finger. Then take the top of the tape and unwind it gently pulling the ring down the finger.

Bugs in the Ear

Try coaxing live insects from ears by shining a bright light into the ear. This will only work if the insect is alive.

Can’t Find a Vein?

You can often find a vein in the sculpted depression underneath the wristwatch band. Since wristwatches are worn so continuously, the permanent mild "tourniquet effect" tends to displace the subcutaneous so that it is less "buried" and more easily palpated.

Need to restrain a patient?

Remember that the thumb is the weakest part of the hand. If you want to control the hand, always grab the thumb. As the thumb is directed toward the radius, the arm follows.