I have a toolkit that I carry with my
ECV; [...]but they let me carry in a pair of needle-nose pliers, a screwdriver, and the Allen wrenches that "tune" my
scooter. (Yeah, I have a real Mary Poppins problem... I have to be prepared at all times, because, I don't know - I just do. It's great for people who travel with me; I have everything they want, all the time.
It's horrifying for me, because I live in constant fear that I won't have something I *do* need, when I need it... Sorry, getting back on track now...)
(Bold italics are mine)
Yeah, I feel you. Number 1 must have is wipes. Baby wipes, clorox wipes, flushable wipes ... doesn't matter, when you need one they can all do the jobs of the other in most cases. I'm either in the parks walking point for my wheeled friend or I'm touring them with my family. For the latter, I've gotten better about being the pack mule, but I'm still something of a pack mule. One year there someone caught a pretty bad cut on her foot, to the point where blood was spurting. A cast member was trying to convince her and her parents to walk back to the side of one of the buildings; I'm guessing so the EMTs will have room to work when they got there. I ended up arguing with the CM about moving her until she went and got security, who looked and said, "Yeah, keep her right there, EMTs be here in three minutes." They showed up in 2 and ended up pulling from my bag as much as theirs. They used my CAT tourniquet (I don't think they tightened it) and Israeli Bandage and strapped her down to a backer board to keep tear in artery from getting worse.
What about a pair of side cutters? Or a pair of diagonal cutting pliers? Would either of those work to open the ampule?
The tool looks sortof like a pair of diags (nice use of tool nomenclature by the way #toolbunny).
Sort of like:
Which is the standard medicine capsule/ampule/thing(?) de-capper. Mine has an additional feature that pivots near the jaws and looks like a utility knife blade. It removes an extra anti-theft or tamper evident guard and removes a block that prevents the machine from pushing the plunger in. I sent a picture of the tool to WDW back when we booked the trip and the reply was polite and non-committal but was pretty sure I shouldn't walk into the park with it and requested I bring it to guest services upon my arrival.
This pic is from 3M but it's what the meds look like once ready to go (Except for being blue. Is injectable medicine ever blue?):
Now I find there is a sort of bottle opener that is marketed for removal of 'botox' vial crimp caps so you can get the last drops out of the vial that the syringe would otherwise not be able to get (I guess. Botox is really not in my wheelhouse). It looks like a bottle opener but they keep playing up that it works on standard medicine vial crimp caps
and botox vials which makes me wonder if botox caps are also meant to be extra theft deterrent? Kapoff is one such tool. It's for a medicine bottle but the website looks more like its for a nail salon. I might buy one just to see how it works and maybe I can reverse engineer something (my meds have a smaller than the standard 20mm cap).
Honestly, if it wasn't so much better than just taking a Klonopin I would just leave it at home. I have to admit it, the bag check bugs me when it happens that I have to answer a lot of questions. the sort of questions this machine is likely to provoke. Not dissing the bag check, I also like that it's there; how's that for a conflicted person. It's looking more and more like I'll bring the whole kaboodle into the park each day, one way or the other.
This is the one time I seriously thought having a car in the parking lot would be a good idea.