Re: Need a solution - Pressuring IV bottles...

["David A. Summers" <copterrn@bellsouth.net>]

Autosyringes would be perfect for this mission.  Small, easy to reload,
accurate, and no glass bottles to hang!

Now the tough part, getting enough autosyringes.  Tell the list how long of
a flight, and how many patients simultaniously will you be transporting?
Enjoy the trip. It will be an experience you'll never forget.

Play Safe.
David Summers RN etc.
Jupiter FL
copterrn@bellsouth.net

MikeShuken wrote:

> 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...  ;-)