GAmedic1506 Posted July 23, 2006 Share Posted July 23, 2006 What procedures do you use to insure your blades are clean ? Do you autoclave, soak in cleaning agent, or use disposable. Would you stick any of the blades that are currently on your bus, in your own mouth. If not, why do your patients deserve less ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8151 Posted July 23, 2006 Share Posted July 23, 2006 We use disposable blades. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TechMedic05 Posted July 23, 2006 Share Posted July 23, 2006 What procedures do you use to insure your blades are clean ? Do you autoclave, soak in cleaning agent, or use disposable. Would you stick any of the blades that are currently on your bus, in your own mouth. If not, why do your patients deserve less ? We use disposables. And we're lucky enough to have ambulances. What do you do to keep your blades clean, GA? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAmedic1506 Posted July 23, 2006 Author Share Posted July 23, 2006 autoclave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ncmedic309 Posted July 23, 2006 Share Posted July 23, 2006 We also use the disposable blades, it's the way to go... EDIT: Here's a link to an article about the blades we use... Greenline Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridryder 911 Posted July 23, 2006 Share Posted July 23, 2006 We use a virex type solution, strong enough to melt gloves if not careful... the answer to your question is if it was to permit me to breathe.. heck yes! R/r 911 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akflightmedic Posted July 23, 2006 Share Posted July 23, 2006 We use disposable as recommended by OSHA. If they need the blade, I think they could care less if it was dirty. Not that I would do that, prior to disposables, I always soaked them in bleach as that is all we had at our disposal. Intubation is not a sterile procedure but merely a clean one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SC MedicMike Posted July 23, 2006 Share Posted July 23, 2006 What procedures do you use to insure your blades are clean ? Do you autoclave, soak in cleaning agent, or use disposable. Disposable blades Would you stick any of the blades that are currently on your bus, in your own mouth. If not, why do your patients deserve less ? I would prefer not to intubate myself, and I would discourage my patients from doing the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
etfink Posted July 23, 2006 Share Posted July 23, 2006 Disposables. However still, the ones sitting in my peds kit have been there for a while..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TechMedic05 Posted July 23, 2006 Share Posted July 23, 2006 I would prefer not to intubate myself, and I would discourage my patients from doing the same. Niiiiiiiice! 8) 8) I'm loving it. Although, I would like to intubate myself at one point or another just to say I could. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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