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Helen's idea of tubigrip as top of the list for "Christmas turkey" gets my vote. Perhaps only beaten by DOUBLE tubigrip. I gave up using tubigrip about 18 months ago. I tell everyone it is better to move the ankle etc.. and have had nobody demand their tubigrip. Perhaps they just go down the road to the chemist. I did a literature search before abandoning its use and found no evidence either way about tubigrip in sprained ankles. The challenge - can you find any evidence? Matthew Dr Matthew Cooke Senior Lecturer Accident and Emergency Medicine Emergency Medicine Research Group (EMeRG), Division of Primary Care, Public and Occupational Health, University of Birmingham, UK. http://medweb.bham.ac.uk/gp/ and Walsgrave Hospitals NHS Trust, Coventry, UK. Editor, Pre-hospital Immediate Care, BMJ Specialist Journals www.prehospimmedicare.com mailto:[log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Helen Deborah Vecht <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Date: 23 September 1998 21:01 Subject: Re: Opiates and Head Injury >The message <[log in to unmask]> > from "Robert Anthony COCKS" <[log in to unmask]> contains these words: > > >> Are there any other Sacred Turkeys list members would like to see killed by >> Christmas ? What about witholding analgesia for severe abdominal pain, > >I'd be happy to kill this one for Christmas. >Which method of slaughter would you suggest? ;-) > >> or witholding oxygen for COAD patients in acute respiratory failure ?? > >I'd go so far as to say witholding oxygen from *any* sick or >significantly injured A&E patient.... > >> That should be enough for now !! > >Dunno. How useful is Tubigrip? > >Helen (who gave a very distressed girl IV Morphine for dysmen today) > > > > >-- >Helen D. Vecht >[log in to unmask] >Salisbury, Wiltshire, >Great Britain > > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%