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the catheter weighs more than the fish valve I think...it's very light weight and since the catheter is wire wrapped, it can 'flop' over and not kink...just tape it to the skin
Were you thinking of Asherman's chest seal for open chest wounds?
I hate the glove trick especially if the gloves have powder on them...and if done incorrectly, it clogs the catheter and the tension PTX is back.
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'Revel in action, translate perceptions into instant judgements, and these into actions that are irrevocable, monumentous and dreadful - all this with lightning speed, in conditions of great stress and in an environment of high tension:what is expected of "us" is the impossible, yet we deliver just that.
(adapted from: Sherwin B. Nuland, MD, surgeon and author: The Wisdom of the Body, 1997 )
Education is the anti-ignorance we all need to better treat our patients. ss, 2008.
The blade is so sharp that the incision is perfect. They don't realize they've been cut until they're out of the fight: A Surgeon Warrior. I use a knife to defend life and to save it. ss (aka traumadoc)
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