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Offline Zippy

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« on: July 26, 2008, 07:11:32 PM »
well 409 did go deep into Blackwood today to cut off a womans ring...yet no CFS response...Must just be fiddlers at Adelaide Fire...
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« Reply #1 on: July 27, 2008, 07:57:13 AM »
May be one of the blackwood members was on  the MFS appliance..... Only joking...
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« Reply #2 on: July 27, 2008, 10:04:20 AM »
hah well 409 did say they were changing to CFS local talkgroup...yet nothing to be heard from CFS ???
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« Reply #3 on: July 27, 2008, 04:11:07 PM »
Quote from: Zippy on July 26, 2008, 07:11:32 PM
well 409 did go deep into Blackwood today to cut off a womans ring...yet no CFS response...Must just be fiddlers at Adelaide Fire...

Hmmmm.. wonder what they used.
And whether/why the woman wasn't advised to go to Flinders ED.
Thay have a nifty ring-cutter there.  Looks like a small tin snip with one
regular blade & one flat plate to slide under the ring.  Much less chance of
snip... ooops! than with bolt cutters or etc.

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« Reply #4 on: July 27, 2008, 05:54:52 PM »
Any ambulance etc also carry ring cutters.

I agree Alan, can't understand why a fire truck would be sent to that.
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« Reply #5 on: July 27, 2008, 06:09:45 PM »
Because she's been watching those firies cut off all those rings in Fire 000 :-D
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« Reply #6 on: July 27, 2008, 07:33:41 PM »
nope..ambulances don't carry ring cutters

in NSW - ambulance rescue, fire AND police rescue all carry ring cutters.

don't know of any other amb services using ring cutters tho.....
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« Reply #7 on: July 27, 2008, 07:47:26 PM »
Is a ring cutter a specific piece of equipment made for that job or does it have other uses?
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« Reply #8 on: July 27, 2008, 10:03:43 PM »
Quote from: bittenyakka on July 27, 2008, 07:47:26 PM
Is a ring cutter a specific piece of equipment made for that job or does it have other uses?

see reply #1004 above
http://www.buyemp.com/product/1042204.html  seems to be a more common pattern than the device I saw used at FMC a few years ago (as described above)
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Re: Ring cutters
« Reply #9 on: July 28, 2008, 02:02:33 PM »
A ring cutter cuts rings and thats about it. You could perhaps use it for bangles, or other jewellery. For pipes or other objects, the dremel with a grinding disc will do the trick.
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Re: Ring cutters
« Reply #10 on: July 28, 2008, 02:04:05 PM »
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You could perhaps use it for bangles, or other jewellery.

only because of the fast food epidemic..lol..
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Re: Ring cutters
« Reply #11 on: July 28, 2008, 02:27:24 PM »
This is easy and effective. Used this method several times.
http://www.impactednurse.com/?p=116
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Re: Ring cutters
« Reply #12 on: July 28, 2008, 06:19:39 PM »
Best method other than cutting ring off is to start to work the excess skin that bunches up in front of the ring, under the ring towards the palm webbing and continue doing it while applying gentle pressure till it comes off.
Now about lubricants.......
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Re: Ring cutters
« Reply #13 on: July 28, 2008, 11:51:05 PM »
sounding like several people have had experience at removing rings.....are we still talking about fingers...or the more exciting variety of which one DOES NOT present to hospital for removal until the distal "tissue" is at threat??
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Re: Ring cutters
« Reply #14 on: July 29, 2008, 05:34:32 AM »
So we arent cutting their fingers off now?  :-D
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Re: Ring cutters
« Reply #15 on: July 30, 2008, 05:38:48 PM »
One would assume that the call came into adelaide fire and a sturt group member was in comms OR the call came in and AF called the sturt group alerts to find out if they had a ring cutter and they said we don't have one send 409.
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Re: Ring cutters
« Reply #16 on: July 30, 2008, 08:13:01 PM »
i believe blackwood rescue does have a ring cutter.
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