"Trauma" treatment overkill because I'm a klutz ;)

[mitunnelrat]

The title pretty much says it all. This time of year we still need some wood to keep the place warm, but due to the time of year and the sloppy conditions outside I decided to bring in some trash cans of short pieces rather than carry armload after armload of stove lengths. Long story short, I wasn't paying attention to the spacing I had, and rammed my hand into/ along a sharp corner of a metal electrical unit to our furnace as I was going past it.

The "wound" was superficial, but long, and bled more than I figured it should have. So, I cleaned it, got the dead skin out of the way so it wouldn't trap anything underneath it, and as I went to grab some bandaids I saw a "better" option - a guaze roll.

Oh, it still stings a little...

Medic! MEEEDIIIIIICCCCCC! Lol.

[bacpacker]

OUCH!

[Taz Baby]

Reading that made my skin crawl, kinda like when you hear someones kid has lice, you start scratching your head, lol. I am glad you had the stuff in easy reach. But just for note, flour stops the bleeding fast. So always keep flour handy for when you can't stop the bleeding. Just pack in on the wound and add pressure. I keep a 5 lb. bags in everything I ride in.

[mitunnelrat]

I didn't know that about flour. Thanks Taz!

Sorry to make everyone "feel" this one. lol

[ak474u]

Reading that made my skin crawl, kinda like when you hear someones kid has lice, you start scratching your head, lol. I am glad you had the stuff in easy reach. But just for note, flour stops the bleeding fast. So always keep flour handy for when you can't stop the bleeding. Just pack in on the wound and add pressure. I keep a 5 lb. bags in everything I ride in.

I have lice.... You're welcome

[LUNCHBOX]

Tea bags work also. (that was hard to type since I was scratching my head.....Taz)

[Twitchy]

I wouldn't recommend using a non-sterile packing material for an open wound... Most bleeding can be controlled simply with good direct pressure, elevation, and if needed, pressure on a pressure point above the wound... Anything further than that, and it is quickclot / Tourniquet time... I would vote Flour is a no no unless its a very serious injury with no other alternatives, because you are opening yourself up to an infection... no pun intended.

[mitunnelrat]

I wouldn't recommend... I would vote... ...no... ...no... ...no... ...no...

I "no" what you're saying there, negative nancy. If not for the fact it wasn't on long, and I had a wonderfully thick smear of triple anitibiotic ointment after I spent some time irrigating it I would have responded differently. I just thought I'd have a little fun at my own expense, and see if I could still wrap my own hand as well as a medic

(mtr's) pun intended.

[Stormfeather]

Ok folks, heres a quick field expedient down and dirty way to close a wound. Quick clean out with peroxide or alcohol, direct pressure to slow it down enough til the capillaries close. Head wounds are always the worst. They bleed forever and end up being a little scratch.
Anyways, close it off with direct pressure, once it stops, use superglue over the wound. Closes it off quickly, and provides a protective barrier. Down and dirty, but fast and field expedient and it WORKS! If theres medical facilities available, obviously use that option. But overseas in wartime, you would be surprised how many medics and pipe hitters have 3-4 tubes right inside their IFAK

[mitunnelrat]

For as often as I've heard about using superglue you'd think I'd have some around and think of it, right? I need to get on that.