Severe IV fluid shortage
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I vaguely recall glass IV bottles. I’m sure @George-K does. I wonder if those still exist stockpiled somewhere.
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@George-K I remember them for lipids. Break one and that stuff had you sliding on the floor. But, you could be real accurate reading your volumes with a glass bottle. I wonder if people today even know about that or how to count drops-calculate flow? The mental head math we all did in a day was astounding. I bet nurses today don't mix up their own meds or drips either.
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I vaguely recall glass IV bottles. I’m sure @George-K does. I wonder if those still exist stockpiled somewhere.
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@George-K Ive never seen that. Was that for adults? I kinda remember 20 gtts = 1 ml .. but my mind goes blank remembering how to calculate drops/min with adult drip chambers. We still put masking tape on the bags. Kids were easier with buretrols (is that what they were called?).
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@jolly I’ve never collected blood from a donor. That would’ve been a satisfying job I imagine.
I’m trying to remember, but could there have been a time where I stripped chest tubes into glass bottles or drained stuff coming from a chylothorax ?? lol, I seem to remember tripping or kicking over a big bottle on a floor once (and getting laughed at).
