Need a solution - Pressuring IV bottles...

[MikeShuken <mikeshuken@value.net>]

Hello list,

I have a question and I can't think of anyone more qualified to come up
with a solution than this group...

I will soon be traveling to Russia for a humanitarian aid mission.  We
will be performing open heart surgeries (not me personally - we're
bringing MDs with us for that part...).  One of the questions that has
come up is: How do we keep an IV line pressurized if the solution is in
a glass bottle and we have no IV pump?  All of the Russian's solutions
are in glass bottles, so our pressure bags won't work, and unless
someone on this list can donate several IV pumps to our organization in
the next month, we're stuck pressurizing glass bottles.

Changing the solution from the glass bottle to a bag is not practical
for volume and sterility reasons.  We need to pressurize the glass
bottles.

We are not leaving for a month or so, which gives us time to use some
"expired" nitro bottles in experiments.

I would love to hear some ideas about how to achieve pressurized flow
from a glass bottle.

All input is welcomed and appreciated...

Mike Shuken
Paramedic
Medical Relief Foundation
Modesto, California

PS - If you DO donate some used IV pumps to our organization, I will see
to it that several bottles of high quality Russian vodka are shipped
promptly and directly to your home address following our return to the
United States...  ;-)