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Why Would Doctors Use Cocaine in the ER

This cocaine is not the same as street cocaine. Medical cocaine is in a gel form. Cocaine is a constrictor, so it constricts the vessels down and helps relieve pain. If a patient has a bad nosebleed that won’t stop by using other methods, doctors will have the patient use a little bit of cocaine.

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3 - THINGS YOU FIND IN THE ER ·

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  1. Why Would a Metal Detector Be Used in the ERIt's used in case a patient has swallowed something they shouldn't have, like a ring. Doctors can scan and locate the object with a metal detector.
  2. Why Are Wire Cutters Used in the ERIt’s used to cut things off of someone. If a patient has their jaw wired shut, doctors will use the cutters for this circumstance as well.
  3. How Can Doctors Get a Ring Unstuck From a Patient's FingerThere’s a method by using just a piece of string.
  4. What Does It Mean When Someone Gets Their Jaw WiredSince bone can’t heal if it’s moving all over the place, doctors put a bunch of plates to put the bone back together.
  5. Why Would There Be Super Glue in the ERSuper glue is used to not just stick things together, but doctors can put glue on a q-tip to get what’s stuck inside a little kid’s nose out.
  6. When Was One of the First Uses of Super GlueIt was first tested on the battlefield in Vietnam.
  7. Why Is There Alcohol in the ERDifferent alcohol proofs are used as sterilization methods on skin.
  8. Why Does Every ER Have a Football HelmetIt’s used during a rare procedure where a patient is having a catastrophic bleed from their esophagus.
  9. How Is Sugar Used in the ERIf an organ falls out from its proper place, it will become swollen and swelled.

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