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To: CholeraJoe
Then I put my whole wallet in....

Damn doc, I'd have to think pretty hard to top that. However, a microwave has some real good uses in a medical practice. I use it to warm towels to use to wrap animals coming out from under anesthesia. Learned by trial and error that 10 seconds is the best....20 seconds is a fire with a mess. I use it also to warm fluids, leave it in for 45 seconds per litre, no longer. Any longer melts the plastic or explodes the fluids and makes a mess....also warm the fluids without the IV set...the metal in the drip makes for a few sparks. Also, whole blood in the microwave is another story....

54 posted on 01/25/2007 7:25:13 AM PST by vetvetdoug
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To: vetvetdoug

The old standard of warm water baths to warm blood is pretty safe. Whole blood in the microwave gives me chills.


78 posted on 01/25/2007 8:21:31 AM PST by CholeraJoe (Spork weasels ain't afraid of nuthin' but running out of sardines.)
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To: vetvetdoug
Also, whole blood in the microwave is another story....

Sounds like a recipe for homemade black pudding.

80 posted on 01/25/2007 8:25:12 AM PST by Slings and Arrows ("Facts are a Zionist plot!" --MarkL)
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To: vetvetdoug

I do it to thaw bottled water if I forget to yank it out of the freezer in time. You have to be careful with it though


121 posted on 01/27/2007 2:14:28 AM PST by SShultz460
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