When my Dad worked in a hospital (he was in engineering, didn't have anything directly to do with patient care) he swore the nurses had needles with propellers on them for problem patients.
No, but we do have two other things: blunt unsharpened "draw" needles, for mixing meds in the vials, and only intended to punch through rubber bottle stoppers. If someone was in a hurry, and "careless"... Also, the regular needles come in different sizes, gauged according to how much they hurt. There's no requirement I use the skinny little 23g; if, for instance, I wanted to use an 18g or 16g horse-needle instead, well...
When my Dad worked in a hospital (he was in engineering, didn't have anything directly to do with patient care) he swore the nurses had needles with propellers on them for problem patients.
ReplyDeleteMark D
No, but we do have two other things:
ReplyDeleteblunt unsharpened "draw" needles, for mixing meds in the vials, and only intended to punch through rubber bottle stoppers. If someone was in a hurry, and "careless"...
Also, the regular needles come in different sizes, gauged according to how much they hurt.
There's no requirement I use the skinny little 23g; if, for instance, I wanted to use an 18g or 16g horse-needle instead, well...
I feel some more memes coming on.
Had a doc use a horse needle to aspirate a busted knee once. Felt better............after.
ReplyDeleteThe first project my dad developed for Abbot Labs was a machine to make needles sharper than previous ones. He was always proud of that.