I keep a first aid kit handy in the shop. It's a plastic case with 10
or so boxes inside. The boxes hold the usual stuff: gauze, triangular
bandage, bandage compress, tape. &tc. Each box ix securely wrapped in
sturdy plastic.
This morning my daughter put a nasty cut on her finger. It wasn't
deep but it was bleeding profusely.
I pulled out the box with the bandage compress and went to open it.
The damn plastic cover on the box was so sturdy that I couldn't tear
it open or split it at the seams wit my hands. I used a razor knife.
If I had a shop accident in which I cut my hand or fingers, I don't
think I wouldv'e been able to open the damn box. The thought of
bleeding out with an unopened compress in my hand kinna' spooks me.
-Zz
On Wed, 27 Feb 2013 09:01:17 -0500, willshak <[email protected]>
wrote:
>woodchucker wrote the following on 2/24/2013 5:54 PM (ET):
>> On 2/24/2013 2:46 PM, Doug Winterburn wrote:
>>> On 02/24/2013 11:25 AM, Zz Yzx wrote:
>>>> I keep a first aid kit handy in the shop. It's a plastic case with 10
>>>> or so boxes inside. The boxes hold the usual stuff: gauze, triangular
>>>> bandage, bandage compress, tape. &tc. Each box ix securely wrapped in
>>>> sturdy plastic.
>>>>
>>>> This morning my daughter put a nasty cut on her finger. It wasn't
>>>> deep but it was bleeding profusely.
>>>>
>>>> I pulled out the box with the bandage compress and went to open it.
>>>> The damn plastic cover on the box was so sturdy that I couldn't tear
>>>> it open or split it at the seams wit my hands. I used a razor knife.
>>>>
>>>> If I had a shop accident in which I cut my hand or fingers, I don't
>>>> think I wouldv'e been able to open the damn box. The thought of
>>>> bleeding out with an unopened compress in my hand kinna' spooks me.
>>>>
>>>> -Zz
>>>>
>>> Put the cut finger in fresh coffee grounds. It stops the bleeding.
>>>
>>>
>> Really? No Shit?
Yabbut, it _ruins_ the next pot of coffee.
>> Stiptic pencil too.
Yes, a styptic pencil works well. I keep one around, and keep an old
container of powered potassium alum, too. I've barely dented the
contents in over 40 years of use.
>Also Cayenne pepper.
Oh, it's good to hear ideas from the masochist's side.
--
When a quiet man is moved to passion, it seems the very earth will shake.
-- Stephanie Barron
(Something for the Powers That Be to remember, eh?)
On 02/24/2013 11:25 AM, Zz Yzx wrote:
> I keep a first aid kit handy in the shop. It's a plastic case with 10
> or so boxes inside. The boxes hold the usual stuff: gauze, triangular
> bandage, bandage compress, tape. &tc. Each box ix securely wrapped in
> sturdy plastic.
>
> This morning my daughter put a nasty cut on her finger. It wasn't
> deep but it was bleeding profusely.
>
> I pulled out the box with the bandage compress and went to open it.
> The damn plastic cover on the box was so sturdy that I couldn't tear
> it open or split it at the seams wit my hands. I used a razor knife.
>
> If I had a shop accident in which I cut my hand or fingers, I don't
> think I wouldv'e been able to open the damn box. The thought of
> bleeding out with an unopened compress in my hand kinna' spooks me.
>
> -Zz
>
Put the cut finger in fresh coffee grounds. It stops the bleeding.
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gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery"
-Winston Churchill
Dave wrote:
>
>Yup, it could have been worse. Guess you're going to have to take
>your
>preparedness a little further. I keep a first aid kit too, but I know
>mine's been opened because the first thing I did when I got it was to
>add a few things like tweezers for splinters, better scissors for
>cutting bandages and stuff like that.
----------------------------------------------------
A fellow boat builder up in Portland is also an ER Doc.
His take on most first aid kits is they are very much an
over priced collection of band aids.
He is very much in favor of assembling your own kit which
should include a bottle of betadine to sterilize open wounds,
tools, gauze pads and tape.
Lew
"Swingman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On 2/28/2013 8:24 AM, RonB wrote:
>> Timely advice for me. I just had a couple of teeth extracted. The
>> dentist sent me home with a supply of gauze pads to soak up blood and
>> stop the bleeding. He told me that if the bleeding seemed to persist,
>> replace the pad with a dampened tea bag inside of gauze, but he didn't
>> think I would bleed very long.
>>
>> Long story, short I did continue to bleed into the evening so I tried the
>> tea bag trick and the bleeding stopped within 20-30 minutes (I skipped
>> the gauze because even as big as my mouth is, everything didn't fit).
>> Doesn't taste bad if you like hot tea.
>
> Heard about that, but never tried it. We are not tea drinkers, but have
> tea bags for visitors on hand all the time. Based on your above, a few
> bags of same are heading out to the shop first aid kit when I finish
> typing this. Taking an anti-coagulant and aspirin and have been warned
> about the side effects. As well as getting older not being for sissies,
> and it also takes more due diligence. ;)
>
This is something I know about. I used to work with an herbalist and some
alternative docs.
One of the standard treatments for bleeding in folk medicine is stinging
nettle leaf; This stuff is great at stopping bleeding any way you apply it.
You can buy it in capsule form, even concentrated, which is even better.
You just take some whenever bleeding is happening or has the potential to
happen. You can open a capsule and apply the nettle leaf directly to a
wound. I have stopped a number of "bleeders" by doing that. I am sure you
can get it in tea bags as well.
Also, nettle leaf tea is often consumed by folks who are bleeding. Some
bleeding in the mouth? Just take the tea into the mouth and let it sit
there for awhile.
I should point out that there is also nettle root supplements. Although
this has healing qualities, IT IS A BLOOD THINNER!! Not to be taken if
bleeding is a problem.
Many people just take nettle leaf supps every day and load up on them if
there is any bleeding.
Another herb is tien chi or tienchi or tien chi ginseng or noto ginseng.
This is a Chinese herb that is used by their military. The Viet Cong used
it. If they got shot, they put this on the wound and took it internally.
It stopped the bleeding. It is more expensive, but it very effective.
Neither the nettle leaf or the tienchi add to "clotting". Their mechanism
of stopping the bleeding is not understood very well. But it works. And it
does not add to clotting or any kind of arterial blockage. I keep both of
them on the shelf. I have always had chronic nose bleeds and these herbs
keeps it in check.
Any way, if you are interested in this, just drop me an email and we can
talk.
On 2/28/2013 8:24 AM, RonB wrote:
> Timely advice for me. I just had a couple of teeth extracted. The dentist sent me home with a supply of gauze pads to soak up blood and stop the bleeding. He told me that if the bleeding seemed to persist, replace the pad with a dampened tea bag inside of gauze, but he didn't think I would bleed very long.
>
> Long story, short I did continue to bleed into the evening so I tried the tea bag trick and the bleeding stopped within 20-30 minutes (I skipped the gauze because even as big as my mouth is, everything didn't fit). Doesn't taste bad if you like hot tea.
Heard about that, but never tried it. We are not tea drinkers, but have
tea bags for visitors on hand all the time. Based on your above, a few
bags of same are heading out to the shop first aid kit when I finish
typing this. Taking an anti-coagulant and aspirin and have been warned
about the side effects. As well as getting older not being for sissies,
and it also takes more due diligence. ;)
... thanks for jogging my memory!
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KarlCaillouet@ (the obvious)
On Sunday, February 24, 2013 1:46:10 PM UTC-6, Doug Winterburn wrote:
> On 02/24/2013 11:25 AM, Zz Yzx wrote:
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> > I keep a first aid kit handy in the shop. It's a plastic case with 10
>=20
> > or so boxes inside. The boxes hold the usual stuff: gauze, triangular
>=20
> > bandage, bandage compress, tape. &tc. Each box ix securely wrapped in
>=20
> > sturdy plastic.
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> >
>=20
> > This morning my daughter put a nasty cut on her finger. It wasn't
>=20
> > deep but it was bleeding profusely.
>=20
> >
>=20
> > I pulled out the box with the bandage compress and went to open it.
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> > The damn plastic cover on the box was so sturdy that I couldn't tear
>=20
> > it open or split it at the seams wit my hands. I used a razor knife.
>=20
> >
>=20
> > If I had a shop accident in which I cut my hand or fingers, I don't
>=20
> > think I wouldv'e been able to open the damn box. The thought of
>=20
> > bleeding out with an unopened compress in my hand kinna' spooks me.
>=20
> >
>=20
> > -Zz
>=20
> >
>=20
> Put the cut finger in fresh coffee grounds. It stops the bleeding.
>=20
>=20
Timely advice for me. I just had a couple of teeth extracted. The dentist=
sent me home with a supply of gauze pads to soak up blood and stop the ble=
eding. He told me that if the bleeding seemed to persist, replace the pad =
with a dampened tea bag inside of gauze, but he didn't think I would bleed =
very long.
Long story, short I did continue to bleed into the evening so I tried the t=
ea bag trick and the bleeding stopped within 20-30 minutes (I skipped the g=
auze because even as big as my mouth is, everything didn't fit). Doesn't t=
aste bad if you like hot tea.
RonB
On 2/24/2013 2:46 PM, Doug Winterburn wrote:
> On 02/24/2013 11:25 AM, Zz Yzx wrote:
>> I keep a first aid kit handy in the shop. It's a plastic case with 10
>> or so boxes inside. The boxes hold the usual stuff: gauze, triangular
>> bandage, bandage compress, tape. &tc. Each box ix securely wrapped in
>> sturdy plastic.
>>
>> This morning my daughter put a nasty cut on her finger. It wasn't
>> deep but it was bleeding profusely.
>>
>> I pulled out the box with the bandage compress and went to open it.
>> The damn plastic cover on the box was so sturdy that I couldn't tear
>> it open or split it at the seams wit my hands. I used a razor knife.
>>
>> If I had a shop accident in which I cut my hand or fingers, I don't
>> think I wouldv'e been able to open the damn box. The thought of
>> bleeding out with an unopened compress in my hand kinna' spooks me.
>>
>> -Zz
>>
> Put the cut finger in fresh coffee grounds. It stops the bleeding.
>
>
Really? No Shit?
Stiptic pencil too.
--
Jeff
On Sun, 24 Feb 2013 10:25:53 -0800, Zz Yzx <[email protected]>
wrote:
>I keep a first aid kit handy in the shop. It's a plastic case with 10
>or so boxes inside. The boxes hold the usual stuff: gauze, triangular
>bandage, bandage compress, tape. &tc. Each box ix securely wrapped in
>sturdy plastic.
>
>This morning my daughter put a nasty cut on her finger. It wasn't
>deep but it was bleeding profusely.
>
>I pulled out the box with the bandage compress and went to open it.
>The damn plastic cover on the box was so sturdy that I couldn't tear
>it open or split it at the seams wit my hands. I used a razor knife.
>
>If I had a shop accident in which I cut my hand or fingers, I don't
>think I wouldv'e been able to open the damn box. The thought of
>bleeding out with an unopened compress in my hand kinna' spooks me.
>
>-Zz
Being an electrician I've always done well with Paper Towels and
electrical tape. To renew our license we have to have 24 CEU. One 4
hr. class is First Aid so you have a valid First Aid card on the job.
The paramedic who teaches it always recommends adding Kotex to your
emergency kit as it makes a great compress.
Mike M
On 2/24/2013 3:49 PM, Mike M wrote:
> On Sun, 24 Feb 2013 10:25:53 -0800, Zz Yzx <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> I keep a first aid kit handy in the shop. It's a plastic case with 10
>> or so boxes inside. The boxes hold the usual stuff: gauze, triangular
>> bandage, bandage compress, tape. &tc. Each box ix securely wrapped in
>> sturdy plastic.
>>
>> This morning my daughter put a nasty cut on her finger. It wasn't
>> deep but it was bleeding profusely.
>>
>> I pulled out the box with the bandage compress and went to open it.
>> The damn plastic cover on the box was so sturdy that I couldn't tear
>> it open or split it at the seams wit my hands. I used a razor knife.
>>
>> If I had a shop accident in which I cut my hand or fingers, I don't
>> think I wouldv'e been able to open the damn box. The thought of
>> bleeding out with an unopened compress in my hand kinna' spooks me.
>>
>> -Zz
> Being an electrician I've always done well with Paper Towels and
> electrical tape. To renew our license we have to have 24 CEU. One 4
> hr. class is First Aid so you have a valid First Aid card on the job.
> The paramedic who teaches it always recommends adding Kotex to your
> emergency kit as it makes a great compress.
>
> Mike M
>
But really difficult to explain to the wife :)
On 2/24/2013 12:25 PM, Zz Yzx wrote:
> If I had a shop accident in which I cut my hand or fingers, I don't
> think I wouldv'e been able to open the damn box. The thought of
> bleeding out with an unopened compress in my hand kinna' spooks me.
One of the reasons those blue, disposable shop towels are always on
hand/in the dispenser, and handy.
Add in a wife who absentmindedly locks the back door while you're in the
shop (the other point of egress is the driveway gate, always locked) ...
it takes three hands to apply enough pressure to stop/control the
bleeding (especially if you're on a blood thinner), and operate a key in
a deadbolt.
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KarlCaillouet@ (the obvious)
"Keith Nuttle" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On 2/24/2013 1:25 PM, Zz Yzx wrote:
>> I keep a first aid kit handy in the shop. It's a plastic case with 10
>> or so boxes inside. The boxes hold the usual stuff: gauze, triangular
>> bandage, bandage compress, tape. &tc. Each box ix securely wrapped in
>> sturdy plastic.
>>
>> This morning my daughter put a nasty cut on her finger. It wasn't
>> deep but it was bleeding profusely.
>>
>> I pulled out the box with the bandage compress and went to open it.
>> The damn plastic cover on the box was so sturdy that I couldn't tear
>> it open or split it at the seams wit my hands. I used a razor knife.
>>
>> If I had a shop accident in which I cut my hand or fingers, I don't
>> think I wouldv'e been able to open the damn box. The thought of
>> bleeding out with an unopened compress in my hand kinna' spooks me.
>>
>> -Zz
>>
> That is what the roll of paper towels in the shop is for. Since it is on
> a roll it is relatively clean, though not sterile. When your finger is
> bleeding like a new oil well, a wad of paper towels is great compress
> until you can get the proper treatment or help.
>
> Worked for me when I cut my fingers on the saw. Good think was I got
> minimal blood on the shop floor, and none on the piece I was cutting or
> the saw.
>
Spoken like a true Woodie
Swingman <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
> On 2/28/2013 8:24 AM, RonB wrote:
>> Timely advice for me. I just had a couple of teeth extracted. The
>> dentist sent me home with a supply of gauze pads to soak up blood and
>> stop the bleeding. He told me that if the bleeding seemed to
>> persist, replace the pad with a dampened tea bag inside of gauze, but
>> he didn't think I would bleed very long.
>>
>> Long story, short I did continue to bleed into the evening so I tried
>> the tea bag trick and the bleeding stopped within 20-30 minutes (I
>> skipped the gauze because even as big as my mouth is, everything
>> didn't fit). Doesn't taste bad if you like hot tea.
>
> Heard about that, but never tried it. We are not tea drinkers, but
> have tea bags for visitors on hand all the time. Based on your above,
> a few bags of same are heading out to the shop first aid kit when I
> finish typing this. Taking an anti-coagulant and aspirin and have been
> warned about the side effects. As well as getting older not being for
> sissies, and it also takes more due diligence. ;)
>
> ... thanks for jogging my memory!
Another use for tea is to use (roomtemperature or colder) strong tea to
tan your hide and partially reverse a sunburn. (there is a lot of tannin
in tea).
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On Feb 24, 5:54=A0pm, woodchucker <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 2/24/2013 2:46 PM, Doug Winterburn wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > On 02/24/2013 11:25 AM, Zz Yzx wrote:
> >> I keep a first aid kit handy in the shop. =A0It's a plastic case with =
10
> >> or so boxes inside. =A0The boxes hold the usual stuff: gauze, triangul=
ar
> >> bandage, bandage compress, tape. &tc. =A0Each box ix securely wrapped =
in
> >> sturdy plastic.
>
> >> This morning my daughter put a nasty cut on her finger. =A0It wasn't
> >> deep but it was bleeding profusely.
>
> >> I pulled out the box with the bandage compress and went to open it.
> >> The damn plastic cover on the box was so sturdy that I couldn't tear
> >> it open or split it at the seams wit my hands. =A0I used a razor knife=
.
>
> >> If I had a shop accident in which I cut my hand or fingers, I don't
> >> think I wouldv'e been able to open the damn box. =A0The thought of
> >> bleeding out with an unopened compress in my hand kinna' spooks me.
>
> >> -Zz
>
> > Put the cut finger in fresh coffee grounds. =A0It stops the bleeding.
>
> Really? No Shit?
> Stiptic pencil too.
Superglue.
On 2/24/2013 1:25 PM, Zz Yzx wrote:
> I keep a first aid kit handy in the shop. It's a plastic case with 10
> or so boxes inside. The boxes hold the usual stuff: gauze, triangular
> bandage, bandage compress, tape. &tc. Each box ix securely wrapped in
> sturdy plastic.
>
> This morning my daughter put a nasty cut on her finger. It wasn't
> deep but it was bleeding profusely.
>
> I pulled out the box with the bandage compress and went to open it.
> The damn plastic cover on the box was so sturdy that I couldn't tear
> it open or split it at the seams wit my hands. I used a razor knife.
>
> If I had a shop accident in which I cut my hand or fingers, I don't
> think I wouldv'e been able to open the damn box. The thought of
> bleeding out with an unopened compress in my hand kinna' spooks me.
>
> -Zz
>
That is what the roll of paper towels in the shop is for. Since it is
on a roll it is relatively clean, though not sterile. When your finger
is bleeding like a new oil well, a wad of paper towels is great compress
until you can get the proper treatment or help.
Worked for me when I cut my fingers on the saw. Good think was I got
minimal blood on the shop floor, and none on the piece I was cutting or
the saw.
In article <[email protected]>,
Dave <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>Yup, it could have been worse. Guess you're going to have to take your
>preparedness a little further. I keep a first aid kit too, but I know
>mine's been opened because the first thing I did when I got it was to
>add a few things like tweezers for splinters, better scissors for
>cutting bandages and stuff like that.
Yep. First thing you should ever do with a first aid kit or other
emergency pack is to open it and familiarize yourself with its
contents. This also serves to confirm that you *can* open it,
and gives you a chance to evaluate what changes you might need
to make. Usually that starts with adding a LOT more band-aids.
--
-Ed Falk, [email protected]
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On 2/25/2013 3:13 PM, Lew Hodgett wrote:
> Dave wrote:
>>
>> Yup, it could have been worse. Guess you're going to have to take
>> your
>> preparedness a little further. I keep a first aid kit too, but I know
>> mine's been opened because the first thing I did when I got it was to
>> add a few things like tweezers for splinters, better scissors for
>> cutting bandages and stuff like that.
> ----------------------------------------------------
> A fellow boat builder up in Portland is also an ER Doc.
>
> His take on most first aid kits is they are very much an
> over priced collection of band aids.
>
> He is very much in favor of assembling your own kit which
> should include a bottle of betadine to sterilize open wounds,
> tools, gauze pads and tape.
>
>
>
> Lew
>
When I cut my finger on the table saw the doctor told me to do something
that makes sense but I had never heard it before. He said that before
you place the dressing on the wound cover it with one of the petroleum
jelly based three in one antibiotic creams.
This does two things, the most obvious it helps fight infections. The
petroleum jelly keeps the scabs soft and less likely to get stuck in the
bandage and pulled off. It works like a charm.
woodchucker wrote the following on 2/24/2013 5:54 PM (ET):
> On 2/24/2013 2:46 PM, Doug Winterburn wrote:
>> On 02/24/2013 11:25 AM, Zz Yzx wrote:
>>> I keep a first aid kit handy in the shop. It's a plastic case with 10
>>> or so boxes inside. The boxes hold the usual stuff: gauze, triangular
>>> bandage, bandage compress, tape. &tc. Each box ix securely wrapped in
>>> sturdy plastic.
>>>
>>> This morning my daughter put a nasty cut on her finger. It wasn't
>>> deep but it was bleeding profusely.
>>>
>>> I pulled out the box with the bandage compress and went to open it.
>>> The damn plastic cover on the box was so sturdy that I couldn't tear
>>> it open or split it at the seams wit my hands. I used a razor knife.
>>>
>>> If I had a shop accident in which I cut my hand or fingers, I don't
>>> think I wouldv'e been able to open the damn box. The thought of
>>> bleeding out with an unopened compress in my hand kinna' spooks me.
>>>
>>> -Zz
>>>
>> Put the cut finger in fresh coffee grounds. It stops the bleeding.
>>
>>
> Really? No Shit?
> Stiptic pencil too.
>
Also Cayenne pepper.
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On Sun, 24 Feb 2013 12:49:16 -0800, Mike M
<[email protected]> wrote:
>On Sun, 24 Feb 2013 10:25:53 -0800, Zz Yzx <[email protected]>
>wrote:
>
>>I keep a first aid kit handy in the shop. It's a plastic case with 10
>>or so boxes inside. The boxes hold the usual stuff: gauze, triangular
>>bandage, bandage compress, tape. &tc. Each box ix securely wrapped in
>>sturdy plastic.
>>
>>This morning my daughter put a nasty cut on her finger. It wasn't
>>deep but it was bleeding profusely.
>>
>>I pulled out the box with the bandage compress and went to open it.
>>The damn plastic cover on the box was so sturdy that I couldn't tear
>>it open or split it at the seams wit my hands. I used a razor knife.
>>
>>If I had a shop accident in which I cut my hand or fingers, I don't
>>think I wouldv'e been able to open the damn box. The thought of
>>bleeding out with an unopened compress in my hand kinna' spooks me.
>>
>>-Zz
> Being an electrician I've always done well with Paper Towels and
>electrical tape.
I thought you, of all people, would use 240v cauterization. ;)
>To renew our license we have to have 24 CEU. One 4
>hr. class is First Aid so you have a valid First Aid card on the job.
>The paramedic who teaches it always recommends adding Kotex to your
>emergency kit as it makes a great compress.
Yeah, Gunner over in Wreck.Metalheads taught me about keeping both
kotex pads and tampons for wounds. Shove a tampon in a bullet hole so
you can keep shooting until you can take care of it properly.
--
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we make them better. Things go wrong when we get too comfortable,
when we fail to take risks or seize opportunities.
-- Susan Rice
On Mon, 25 Feb 2013 18:25:28 -0800, Larry Jaques
<[email protected]> wrote:
>On Sun, 24 Feb 2013 12:49:16 -0800, Mike M
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2013 10:25:53 -0800, Zz Yzx <[email protected]>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>I keep a first aid kit handy in the shop. It's a plastic case with 10
>>>or so boxes inside. The boxes hold the usual stuff: gauze, triangular
>>>bandage, bandage compress, tape. &tc. Each box ix securely wrapped in
>>>sturdy plastic.
>>>
>>>This morning my daughter put a nasty cut on her finger. It wasn't
>>>deep but it was bleeding profusely.
>>>
>>>I pulled out the box with the bandage compress and went to open it.
>>>The damn plastic cover on the box was so sturdy that I couldn't tear
>>>it open or split it at the seams wit my hands. I used a razor knife.
>>>
>>>If I had a shop accident in which I cut my hand or fingers, I don't
>>>think I wouldv'e been able to open the damn box. The thought of
>>>bleeding out with an unopened compress in my hand kinna' spooks me.
>>>
>>>-Zz
>> Being an electrician I've always done well with Paper Towels and
>>electrical tape.
>
>I thought you, of all people, would use 240v cauterization. ;)
>
>
I worked primarily with 480, and it's been a long time since I've been
nailed but that stuff hurts. I've always had a healthy respect for
safety around electricity.
>>To renew our license we have to have 24 CEU. One 4
>>hr. class is First Aid so you have a valid First Aid card on the job.
>>The paramedic who teaches it always recommends adding Kotex to your
>>emergency kit as it makes a great compress.
>
>Yeah, Gunner over in Wreck.Metalheads taught me about keeping both
>kotex pads and tampons for wounds. Shove a tampon in a bullet hole so
>you can keep shooting until you can take care of it properly.
On Sun, 24 Feb 2013 10:25:53 -0800, Zz Yzx <[email protected]>
>If I had a shop accident in which I cut my hand or fingers, I don't
>think I wouldv'e been able to open the damn box. The thought of
>bleeding out with an unopened compress in my hand kinna' spooks me.
Yup, it could have been worse. Guess you're going to have to take your
preparedness a little further. I keep a first aid kit too, but I know
mine's been opened because the first thing I did when I got it was to
add a few things like tweezers for splinters, better scissors for
cutting bandages and stuff like that.