Hazmat team called in after cat breaks thermometerby
PetDoc
A mischevious cat in Massachusetts broke a thermometer sitting on a counter on Sunday. The cat's owner, fearing the thermometer contained mercury (which is highly toxic), called 911. Fire Lt. Jack Mc...
2010 Holiday Git Guide: Exergen Temporal Thermometerby
Alyson ..
I have wanted a temporal scanner for the last few years, since most doctors offices band hospitals began using them. What is an Exergen Temporal Thermometer, you ask? The type of thermometer that
Thanks for the thermometers!!!by
Pedro M.thermometers pictured above that were given to Nata Clinic. We see over 200 patients per day at the clinic and the staff have used the old style that take several minutes and must be shaken down. These thermometers...
Exergen Temporal Artery Thermometer Reviewby
Seeryus Mama ..thermometers. The kind that you had to put under the tongue or in an armpit until it beeped. And that felt... they had the ear thermometers, but they were close to $100 bucks and we sure didn't have the extra money...
Mercury from thermometers poison day care kidsby
Pat S.
(Posted by Patrick Sullivan Jr.)
Marie Flowers of MercuryPoisoned.com points me to a story going on in New Jersey. Apparently, the Kiddie Kollege day care building used to be a mercury thermometer factory...
Vicks Forehead Thermometer (+ giveaway!)by
Tina G.
’ve always used a digital thermometer on the kids when we’ve thought that they might have a fever but when you’re flustered... has made it much easier now with the new Vicks Forehead Thermometer which features a “traffic light” screen which changes...
Measuring Soil Temperatureby
TopVeg !.Thermometers
Any thermometer that will measure temperature at a specific depth can be
used to measure soil temperature. Ordinary glass bulb thermometers are
adequate, provided they are long
Does Stenosis Affect Vision?
Vision is like a thermometer good one day, blurry the next, fuzzy one day then good again. My neck is affected by stenosis and I have already had my S1, L5, and L4 fused. Is this like a set of dominoes? Once one thing goes wrong everything goes wrong? Is there hope to stop the progression and symptomscrap
Jabadabadoooo, baby!
A good imagination can be a scary thing! Let me share my story to all the worried wells reading your answers at the moment with a thermometer in their mouth (or some other unnamed place;-).Earlier this year... other wild-side walkers with thermometers protruding from various orifices will read and heed your wise...crap
That is likely to have more to do with the quality of one thermometer vs. the other - rather than one type vs. the other or that you simply arent using the ear canal thermometer correctly and that the probe doesn't therefore completely seal the ear canal...crap
nurse made a big mistake
Dr Bob,Is it possible to get hiv or hepatitis by sharing rectal thermometers. A nurse took my sons temperature in the hospital rectally and forgot to cover the thermometer before she inserted it. There was no visible blood that I saw at least on the thermometer. I think that normally this thermometer...crap
gary jam and all
if the thermometer was broken, i've been hanging in there thanks to you guys and appreciate all the time and info.... Really finding it hard to think about anything else apart from HIV. Reckon you should bin that thermometer. By the way, thermometers hardly break you know. And the stress you are causing yourself may well bring...crap
Whole New Meaning To "I'm Hot!"
I was diagnosed in 2004 and shortly thereafter began having problems with my "internal thermometer". My husband says that it's broken. I get so hot at the drop of a hat and can not get cooled down! I often find myself sweating bullets in the middle of department stores and just taking my coat off isn't enough...crap
Temperature Question
Asking probably a stupid question - but how do you know if you have a temperature? The day after a risky exposure, I bought one of those digital thermometers and was checking my temp about 30 times a day... thermometer are not too reliable. This, of course, did nothing to alay my fears. Sorry if this is a stupid...crap
FEVER PART 2!! HELP!
Well, my temp now is actually low.. around 97.3 - 97.5! It's a new digital thermometer & I don't know if I can trust it. And still my body feels like it's burning up and I DO get sweats and can... thermometer. (It's LOW?!?) I am really distraught and in a panic. I am not imagining this, it is real...crap
SCARED! I need advice
before that, and had a thermometer on me to take my temperatureTemperature measurement from time to time.... I walked into it right after her. I hung my purse on the hook and took the thermometer out of the inside pocket (without touching the purse fabric) and inserted it into my mouth. As I took the thermometer...crap