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[Domeguy]

OK, I'll post one, as I already know the outcome. I appear at your door, (we are good neighbors) and tell you I might need some help. I tell you about an hour ago, I got my left ring finger hit with the tip of a pressure washer as it quit working. It was only about 1/2 second contact, and I was wearing latex gloves with leather gloves on top. The pressure washer only was spraying water, no chemicals, and was at 3000 psi with the needle valve on it. I take off my glove and show you this. You only have what ever medical supplies you have on hand. I didn't believe in prepping because all I have to do us call 911 and someone will show up. But when I tried to call, the phones were all dead, including my cell phone, and for some reason, the power is out, and none of my cars will start.[IMG][/IMG]

[realist]

I would want to drain it. I would have them soak it in hot water to soften it up. Many times this will open it up to drain just from the pressure inside. Scrub it out well. If it were a family member and didn't drain I would lance it and put a triple antibiotic ointment on it, bandage and send them on their way. Change daily.

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Hey real quick on the first one. DG is right you do not want to suture too soon, it needs to heal from the inside out. On the inside you want to use sutures which will dissolve. In this situation a doc would probably put in a drain. Also regarding the question about colloidal silver I don’t have any experience with however I do have personal experience with an antibiotic material called Silversorb. This is used to protect against infection and to prevent the wound from drying out or scabbing over. I had a couple of leg wounds and the stuff worked great.

[Domeguy]

I would want to drain it. I would have them soak it in hot water to soften it up. Many times this will open it up to drain just from the pressure inside. Scrub it out well. If it were a family member and didn't drain I would lance it and put a triple antibiotic ointment on it, bandage and send them on their way. Change daily.

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Hey real quick on the first one. DG is right you do not want to suture too soon, it needs to heal from the inside out. On the inside you want to use sutures which will dissolve. In this situation a doc would probably put in a drain. Also regarding the question about colloidal silver I don’t have any experience with however I do have personal experience with an antibiotic material called Silversorb. This is used to protect against infection and to prevent the wound from drying out or scabbing over. I had a couple of leg wounds and the stuff worked great.

If this was a real SHTF event, I probably would not have survived. I posted this to show how the little things can be big things in a bad situation. I had to have surgery latter in the week. The pressure washer had done a lot of damage damage inside that couldn't be seen, so it was a trick question. The finger tip was dying, and by the end of the week, it was really stinking from the finger rotting. If left alone, the infection would have most likely killed me. This is what it looked like a week after the surgery.[IMG][/IMG]