u/gottawatchquietonesClinician communityin r/emergencymedicine • Recommends
Removing jade / stone bracelets
Had a patient last night with a distal radius fracture and a tight jade/stone bracelet. Nothing I had would cut through this. I was planning to try and crack it, and one of the maintenance people got me a hammer and chisel, but then I saw this trick. The quality of the video is admittedly poor, but it gives you the idea. After a little propofol, we were able to get the bracelet off whole using the plastic bag. It took two of us pulling quite hard to get it, and this would have been absolutely impossible due to pain had she been awake. Also, because of how hard we had to pull, I think trying to use a lubricant would have been less successful, since gripping…