Ha! A mixture of the two is what I always call them, " squeezy leg thingies"!
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From: UVM Flownet [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Nancy Williams [[log in to unmask]]
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Subject: Re: SCD's on a patient with calf clot
Sequential Compression Devices (SCD). I googled it.
We usually just call them the leg thingies.
From: UVM Flownet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Matthew Smith
Sent: Friday, October 12, 2012 10:29 AM
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Subject: Re: SCD's on a patient with calf clot
also known as venodyne cuffs, basically a fancy blood pressure cuff that covers the entire calf and periodically squeezes to reduce the risk of DVT in non active patients, come to think of it I have no idea what SCD stands for, maybe "squeezy calf device"?
On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 7:26 AM, Luz Guzman Restrepo <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
SCD=?
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On Oct 12, 2012, at 8:02 AM, Nancy Williams <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
There may be bi right answer but that was a darn good one. Thanks
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