[HSF] Video on youtube

[Tea Acuff]

Obviously ICD is not internal cardiac defibrillator...
tea



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From: Ben Bidstrup <benjamin.bidstrup at bigpond.com>
To: OpenHeart-L at lists.hsforum.com
Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2008 8:16:33 PM
Subject: Re: [HSF] Video on youtube

Rather like a Heimlich valve which has been around for years.

>Urobag has a non-return valve where the tubing joins the bag. I have 
>been routinely using urobag as a thoracic drainage bag (without 
>water-seal) - whether for draining blood, effusion or air, for 
>years. It helps me in easily keeping the patient ambulatory. The 
>simple non-return valve in the urobag is nothing but 2 flaps of 
>plastic strips (4 X 1.5 cms approximately), hanging from the bag 
>inlet. In case if the pressure in the urobag increases, the 2 flaps 
>appose tightly with each other and prevent any reverse passage of 
>air/fluid in to the tubing.
>Sukumar.
>
>Tea Acuff <tacuff at swbell.net> wrote: How would a urobag be an ICD?
>tea
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