UK old nurses question

[madwife2002]

What was the name of that foul (but addicting) smelly browny black paste we used to put on old infected IV sites??? My friend and I were talking about it last night and I couldn't for the life of me remember the name of it.

I loved it because it seem to solve all sore IV sites, but it was trashed when we had to use research based practice and we had no rationale for using it.

[XB9S, BSN, MSN, EdD, RN, APN]

Tea, betadine, coffee and a good dose of 50% dextrose to wash the hair with

[Silverdragon102, BSN]

Tea, betadine, coffee and a good dose of 50% dextrose to wash the hair with

That all, we used to put tomato and brown sauce, well anything that was going in the kitchen really

60 ml syringe fights just like OK corral :)

[Fonenurse]

We used to send students to pharmacy for bowman's capsules to the works department for elbow grease and to theatre for a long stand...

[nightmare, RN]

Yes ,who took the fun out of nursing?

[MaryAnn_RN]

What was the name of that foul (but addicting) smelly browny black paste we used to put on old infected IV sites??? My friend and I were talking about it last night and I couldn't for the life of me remember the name of it.

I loved it because it seem to solve all sore IV sites, but it was trashed when we had to use research based practice and we had no rationale for using it.

We used to call it 'Blackjack' - I haven't seen it around for years but it did work.

[ZippyGBR, BSN, RN]

"glicanic" or perhaps 'glyc' and 'ich' glycerine and icthammol?

[karenG]

We used to send students to pharmacy for bowman's capsules to the works department for elbow grease and to theatre for a long stand...

I've sent students to theatre for fallopion tubes.. and to other wards for a long wait..

they dont have any fun any more..

remember washing thermometers in HOT water?? and spending hours trying to get the mercury back down... you only do that once!:chuckle

[nightmare, RN]

The other day I had to show some of the younger nurses how to 'repair' a sphyg. because the mercury had separated.none of them knew how to do it!

[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, RN]

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, BSN]

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,:lol_hitti

so blaming madwife for the sleepless nights :trout: