Tungsten Rings

[IronValor]

Anybody ever have an incident where you had to remove a tungsten ring from a pt's finger? Some jewelers will lead you to believe that a tungsten ring is unable to be removed safely from a person's hand in the event of an emergency but I have done some research about this and here is what I came up with. I hope this helps

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuqgI0g-Tc4

[ffscm72]

nice post...i'll have to keep that video in mind

[Deluge059]

Good to know. I heard ring cutters don't work on them, so this is a good option.

[IronValor]

Tungsten is second only to Diamond as far as hardness goes. So while cutting it probably would be out of the question with just about anything we would carry on a rig.. However I always have a set of Vice grips with me in my turnouts I just never thought I would use them like that.

Another method of removing the ring is to use a vice however I dont know of any rig that would carry one.

I started checking this out when My soon to be wife bought me a tungsten wedding ring. I figured God forbid anything ever happen I would at least could tell the Doc or Medic how to get it off of me.

Keep safe out there guys