[RGN1]

You sure you don't mean Kaolin Poultice??

Ichtopaste (or however you spell it) was (& is) used on leg ulcers but I don't ever remember using it for IV sites.

However, I still use kaolin even now for red IV sites - works a treat! you warm it up in boiling water then cut the clear plastic away, leaving the brown, sticky, slightly menthol smelling poultice & the foil in situ. Makes the younger nurses laugh but I wipe the smiles off their faces when they see how well it works!

[nightmare]

Oh I remember the burned fingers from making Kaolin poultices! First you have several squares of gauze then you had to aim the boiling kaolin into the middle ,away from the edges then you had to put several more squares on top of that without letting the kaolin come out the sides.It was great practice for pastry making in years to come!

[Silverdragon102]

Nope never used Kaolin dressings. I do remember Glicnic. Only reason I wore gloves was because o the smell a lot of the patients used to say smell awful but was soothing

[bettyboop]

dont think its glicanic we still use that on ENT we insert glicanic wicks into infected ears itchthamol sounds right really racking my brains its been driving me nuts since madwife mentioned it while out on friday,
so blaming madwife for the sleepless nights

[RGN1]

Originally Posted by nightmare

Oh I remember the burned fingers from making Kaolin poultices! First you have several squares of gauze then you had to aim the boiling kaolin into the middle ,away from the edges then you had to put several more squares on top of that without letting the kaolin come out the sides.It was great practice for pastry making in years to come!

Now they come ready packaged but you can still burn your fingers getting it out of the boiling water!!

[sharrie]

Originally Posted by bettyboop

dont think its glicanic we still use that on ENT we insert glicanic wicks into infected ears itchthamol sounds right really racking my brains its been driving me nuts since madwife mentioned it while out on friday,
so blaming madwife for the sleepless nights

It kept me up wondering as well, I really am sure it was glicanic, it was like a paste.

[Silverdragon102]

Originally Posted by sharrie

It kept me up wondering as well, I really am sure it was glicanic, it was like a paste.

I remember it as a brown liquid in a bottle and soaking gauze swabs

[Silverdragon102]

Amazing what you can find in wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammonium_bituminosulfonate

[madwife2002]

Originally Posted by Silverdragon102

Amazing what you can find in wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammonium_bituminosulfonate

Wow that is great xxxxxx Silverdragon Love you

[Silverdragon102]

You are welcome