Can the stylet wire be sheared if the catheter is clamped while the wire is being pulled out?
Tami Spaeder, RN OMC, Port Angeles, WA -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lynn Hadaway Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2006 7:02 AM To: pam michael; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: shearing of guidewire I can not even imagine how a stylet wire could be sheared. Lynn At 10:38 PM -0500 7/19/06, pam michael wrote: >Sorry about the terminology. Yes it was the stylet that sheared. >The wire was retrieved without incident, and apparently was approx. >8" in length. >So back to the original question, has anyone else had that experience? >Pam -- Lynn Hadaway, M.Ed., RNC, CRNI Lynn Hadaway Associates, Inc. 126 Main Street, PO Box 10 Milner, GA 30257 http://www.hadawayassociates.com office 770-358-7861
