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[GH] From Scott Swartz:
Gordy,
Good Day. Question on the string trick. Why not wind from finger tip back toward the ring? Would you not trap more fluid in the finger by wrapping toward the distal end?
Scott Swartz
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[GH] Scott,
Depends on the amount of swelling.
With a really tight ring and lots of swelling, if you do it that way, you cram all that swelling fluid against the ring and may not be able to squeeze it past the ring.
If you act fast enough and the swelling moderate, then it would be OK to do it that way.
In most cases, you really only have to wind the string from the ring toward the finger tip just enough to reduce the swelling over the knuckle. Once over the knuckle, the ring usually comes off. You only trap more fluid in the distal end of the finger for a couple of minutes.
Once neglected to the point that the swelling is really severe and the circulation cut off, the string trick may not work ... in that event, nothing will do the trick other than some method of cutting the ring and removing it that way. That is why all hospital emergency departments have those cleverly designed ring cutters.
Fortunately, most who fish the salt do carry fishing pliers with side cutters which will do the job well.
(Any good jeweler can repair the cut ring.)
Gordy
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