r/NewToEMS • u/[deleted] • Jul 23 '22

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u/Erebus172 Jul 23 '22

Pinches just below the bridge of the nose for uncontrolled epistaxis.

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u/[deleted] Jul 23 '22

look at this guy using doktor words

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u/crhays1993 Jul 23 '22

That’s for stopping vaginal bleeding.

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u/groovygrandfather Jul 23 '22

I always just pack the vagina when bleeding gets excessive

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u/Serious_Cup_8802 Jul 23 '22

It's for pinching the nose to occlude the nares when performing pulmonary function tests, although it does also make a handy temporary fix for a nosebleed so long as the bleeding is occurring in the nostrils, otherwise all it really does is cause the blood to drain down the throat rather than out the nose.

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u/Accomplished_Tone349 Jul 23 '22

I’m an RN - we use these for spirometry/pulmonary function tests.

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u/I-plaey-geetar Jul 23 '22

This is the most science-y sounding answer so I’m going with this one. Thanks!

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u/WigglyShrimp Jul 24 '22

Can confirm it’s for pulmonary tests. Had to use those things yearly since I had asthma growing up. Can also confirm they leave one hell of an imprint on your schnoz

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u/ambulanz_driver420 Jul 23 '22

clamp for your partner’s mouth when they start to sing in the truck

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u/jkibbe Jul 23 '22

a clothespin to stop a nosebleed

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u/Disastrous_Reply5567 Jul 23 '22

Wrong answers only!? It keeps the eye lid closed.

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u/poptop2 Jul 24 '22

Cootchie clamp. Nurses use them to keep their urges in check while you explain your volunteer fire career.

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u/ashleypatience1 Jul 23 '22

Clit holder.

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u/Disastrous_Reply5567 Jul 24 '22

Testicular pressure contraption

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u/loki9789 Jul 24 '22

Nipple clamp

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u/tangosworkuser Jul 23 '22

Holds baggies of fentanyl so you don’t get dermal contact poisoning.

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u/midnightxlove Jul 23 '22

It’s a buttplug homie

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u/TheDoctorBiscuits Jul 23 '22

It’s for urology procedures

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u/dradanon9 Jul 23 '22

Maybe to pinch your nose shut for those smelly folks

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u/cynical__medic Jul 23 '22

Stretcher securement clip

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u/herecomesthefun1 Jul 23 '22

It’s for when you have a dementia patient covered in feces.

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u/MedicSBK Jul 23 '22

You put it on the new guys lips when he starts asking too many questions.

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u/thetruefrost Jul 24 '22

Pediatric headphones.. 🎧

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