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godelskiyesterday at 7:34 PM2 repliesview on HN

Don't look up how they get removed from your finger at the ER


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MaxikCZyesterday at 10:25 PM

I looked it up and seems they just bash it with hammer? What are you eluding to?

dreamcompileryesterday at 8:23 PM

EMT here. I've never had a patient with a tungsten ring but I'm pretty sure our ring cutters would not work. So I looked it up. Apparently you have to break them off with vise grips [0]. One more tool for my kit I guess.

[0] https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=poM423pewRE

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