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>AnswerMn: As I've been told, living ferrets are used to help prevent
>the accidental death of human babies. Nurses need to practice how to
>properly insert a tracheal tube down a premature human infant's throat
>without harming the infant.
This statement by Ed is true. The rest? Well....
>QueryMn: So, what's that got to do with ferrets?
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>AnswerMn: As I understand, the physiology of the ferret's throat is
>closest anatomically to the premature infant's throat. So it seems
>that the least of two evils maybe is to kill a couple of ferrets rather
>than risking an inept nurse killing an infant because she had no prior
>practice on a ferret. It goes without saying that most of these ferrets
>live but for a short time after receipt from the ferret mills.
This is absolutely false - at least in my area. I have a person who
works near Walter Reed Memorial Hospital in DC. They use ferrets to
train on intubation - BUT - and its a big one - when the ferrets are
ready (they apparently will only do this procedure a certain number of
times per ferret) they are released from the hospital and to this person.
How do I know that? Because when he can't place them, he brings them to
me. They are Marshall farms ferrets and they have ear tags. They are
*not* returned to Marshall Farms! Last that I heard, Tango and Salsa
were doing great! When they were released to me, they were happy,
healthy, well-adjusted boys - not on deaths' door as Ed would lead you
to believe.
Lisa Leidig, Head Ferret
The Ferret Haven "By-the-Sea"
www.ferrethaven.org
[Posted in FML issue 3861]
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