Removing your rings before surgery without damaging them

shoshanaApr2013
on 2/3/14 2:35 am

I read a post today about from a fellow OH'er who had to cut off her rings last night as she was having surgery today.

I went into the surgery registration still wearing one of my rings. It's a ring my mother gave me and I'm irrationally paranoid about taking it off (it's just a simple metal ring with no stones). I ended up taking it off but was told that they could tape over it for the surgery (they taped over an earring I have in my upper ear that's really difficult to remove and replace).

I'm sure they wouldn't want to be taping up a hand full of rings, and different hospitals probably have different and stricter policies, so here's a link to a trick used in ERs and by paramedics to get rings off swollen fingers without cutting or damaging the rings. I hope this saves someone a trip to the jewellers...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v

xoAbK5Pc6w

Referral: Apr 2013; Orientation (HRRH): Aug 12, 2013; 1st Surgeon Appt (Dr Sohi): Aug 23, 2013; SW/RD/RN: Nov 8, 2013; Internist (Dr Glazer): Nov 14, 2013; 2nd Surgeon Appt: Nov 20, 2013; Start Opti: Jan 3, 2013; PATTS: Jan 16, 2014; Surgery: Jan 24, 2014

shoshanaApr2013
on 2/3/14 2:37 am

P.S. You can buy the same sort of elastic in craft and sewing stores if you don't have an O2 mask floating around your house!!!

Referral: Apr 2013; Orientation (HRRH): Aug 12, 2013; 1st Surgeon Appt (Dr Sohi): Aug 23, 2013; SW/RD/RN: Nov 8, 2013; Internist (Dr Glazer): Nov 14, 2013; 2nd Surgeon Appt: Nov 20, 2013; Start Opti: Jan 3, 2013; PATTS: Jan 16, 2014; Surgery: Jan 24, 2014

shoshanaApr2013
on 2/3/14 2:43 am

The = and D turns into an smiley face on the forum, so here's the link with spaces between them to avoid this from happening. Remove the spaces between the v = D x for the link to work.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v = D xoAbK5Pc6w

Referral: Apr 2013; Orientation (HRRH): Aug 12, 2013; 1st Surgeon Appt (Dr Sohi): Aug 23, 2013; SW/RD/RN: Nov 8, 2013; Internist (Dr Glazer): Nov 14, 2013; 2nd Surgeon Appt: Nov 20, 2013; Start Opti: Jan 3, 2013; PATTS: Jan 16, 2014; Surgery: Jan 24, 2014

(deactivated member)
on 2/3/14 4:45 am

Now you post this ..lol... Oh well, my rings will have to be resized anyways... I hope others can use this method.

(deactivated member)
on 2/3/14 5:25 am - Canada

I have a cartilage piercing in my ear that I have never removed and wouldn't know how to open. Wonder (and hope as it wasn't cheap!) if I will be able to keep it in.

shoshanaApr2013
on 2/3/14 7:52 am

Like mine they will hopefully just put some tape over it.

Referral: Apr 2013; Orientation (HRRH): Aug 12, 2013; 1st Surgeon Appt (Dr Sohi): Aug 23, 2013; SW/RD/RN: Nov 8, 2013; Internist (Dr Glazer): Nov 14, 2013; 2nd Surgeon Appt: Nov 20, 2013; Start Opti: Jan 3, 2013; PATTS: Jan 16, 2014; Surgery: Jan 24, 2014

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