Daughter has a new cordless drill....

[The Medway Handyman]

Lithium Ion, don't think it has a hammer action.

video;

[dom]

Nice to see we've moved on from witch doctors drilling holes in people's heads,

[Invisible Man]

sedation it took 5 attempts to get a cannula in me. 2 tries in each hand before he finally got one in my arm.

[rbel]

Given your username I amazed it only took 5 attempts.

[Lobster]

'Christ how much would that hurt without an anaesthetic', but on second viewiing I realised that apparently none was used? Odd, when you think how sensitive your shin bone is to knocks etc.

I believe this technique has come straight from the military, hasn't it? as a method of getting massive quantities of fluid into a severely traumatised patient as rapidly as possible.

David

[The Nomad]

Clever!

[Graham.]

To tell the truth, actually, I wouldn't.

[PeterC]

Talk about trying in vain!

[Dave]

What was the problem?

Dave

[The Medway Handyman]

I'll ask, but I imagine if its got to the point were they need to use one, you wouldn't care :-).

Quite possibly. They use them for fluids & drugs.

Its apparently quite difficult to 'get a line in' and as Invisible Man said, it can take several attempts.

The main problem apparently are patients who are diabetic, burn victims, drug users, the very obese & those extreemly dehydrated.

[brass monkey]

I hate those damn things. I find that they itch like the devil almost as soon as they're in place, then later they begin to be painful.

[Lobster]

For sure; but I was referring to the apparently unanaesthetised and unfazed, healthy volunteers in the video clip!

David

[Peter Johnson]

Women as well, for some reason. I took part in clinical trials a few years ago, where canulas were a regular part of the regime, and encountered several who were either not accepted for a trial or were sent home from one because the clinic could not get blood out of them. Stress can make it more difficult as well.

[The Medway Handyman]

Reply from number one daughter.

The drilling bit apparently doesn't hurt (?). If the patient is conscious they pump in lignacaine as an anaesthetic because pumping in the drugs/fluid is the painful part.

They use the knee or the shoulder because there are large, easy to find bones there.

Don't think I'd like to be on the wrong end of one though.

Number one daughter is really excited & can't wait to try it on a real patient. Strange child :-)

[Invisible Man]

Being kept in a cold waiting room for 90 minutes doesn't exactly encourage prominent blood vessels!