TOMJOANNMI@aol.com writes:
> In a message dated 12/19/04 7:52:38 PM, technical-iwnet@wight365.net writes:
There's no
> sustitute for common sense and concentration on the task at hand. I'm
>employed as a
> physician assistant in a busy community orthopedics practice and have seen my
> share of mangled fingers and extremities over the past 14 years. Almost
>always
> the accident can be attributed to carelessness, disregard for basic safety or
> using a tool for a job it was not intended for.
Sometimes, though, it's the design of the tool. Some have mentioned spring
compressors--that design has evolved a bit over the years. The one I now use
has safety pins to help prevent the hooks from slipping off the spring. Not
foolproof, but an improvement.
I have a friend who is a now very elderly orthopedic surgeon who cut his
surgical teeth in a Marine MASH unit in WWII, and even with that experience,
he says that the single worst bone-related injury he's ever seen is from
people getting a hand caught in an old wringer-style washing machine. Draws
the arm in and crushes bones into many splinters. What's generally in use
today is a vast improvement in design over those.
Still, even the best tool is no substitute for using one's eyes, ears and
brain.
Cheers.
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