anyway,
Cause, length, depth, width, still bleeding, location, age of patient, previous medical history
all of that applies to selecting any other dressing. And nearly all common sense. Dont dress it up like the darks arts of the High Courts of Justice. If anything, you should be encouraging better understanding of medical care, not turning into a prohibited taboo.
loctite permabond stings like a b*****d whereas dermabond
now that makes more sense 🙂
can you buy dermabond over the counter?
can you buy dermabond over the counter?
can order on line
A mate of mine is a surgical consultant (ent) and he always has a tube of normal superglue in the house first aid kit.
I'll get comrade noteeth to nick some...
puntastic !Dont dress it up
bdum t'ouch
(ent) and he always has a tube of normal superglue in the house
where's he planning on putting it? I reckon it doesnt work well in the nasal cavity....
surgical consultant (ent)
that's scary, Ears Nose throat are last places you'd want glue 😆
duuuh tazzy - never heard of glue ear ? 🙄
They stick 'em back on all the time
Dont dress it up like the darks arts of the High Courts of Justice. If anything, you should be encouraging better understanding of medical care, not turning into a prohibited taboo.
Not claiming it is but your lack of understanding proves why first aiders don't close wounds. We don't do it as standard, we have to do extra training for it as it really isn't a case of just closing a wound.
Patchy yourself up is different that's your body so your decision.
is that like blue waffle?never heard of glue ear
and back home no stitches required.
am deffo going to order some dermabond for at home though - sounds ace!
Applying some nice fresh dung should balance the humours.
I think on occasion you need to take an educated guess. If its "bleeding like a stuck pig" and you are 3 hours from the nearest help take your best option. That may be B&Q super glue, a sweaty sleeve off a coat, a sock etc. Preferable if you are a bit out of the way you have something sterile and appropriate until a professional gets there.
I always carry a small first aid kit in the car and on the bike. If its small it can be fixed and then get help. If its major your getting the professionals to you.
Common sense. Getting the injury recorded as well on a small child may be a good dea in this day and age anyway. You don't want to be turning up anywhere with self administered superglue and scars everywhere.
On a slight tangent - we had my daughters two guinea pigs sterelised a while back. Vet just split them open down the middle, removed all their squidgy bits, and glued them back up.
My wife was handed two comatose guinea pigs with the advice - if the wound splits open again and bits start hanging out, just poke them back in with your finger and glue them back up with superglue! She couldn't work out if the vet was just joking or not, but we now keep a tube of superglue handy for any accidents of animal or human nature...
PS: Methinks some have become too reliant on the crutch which is STW, if the first reaction to an accident befalling a toddler is to rush to the forum for advice...
What you really need is a Paramedic Practitioner !!
If its "bleeding like a stuck pig" and you are 3 hours from the nearest help take your best option. That may be B&Q super glue...
Which is not closing the wound.
Only if your outfit's as good as spiderman's. Otherwise it's superglue or spideyspaff all the way.What you really need is a Paramedic Practitioner !!
Which is not closing the wound.
pffft, semantics 🙄
Im off to slice Jr open and get busy with the UHU....
Since putting monkey jnr in his toddler bed we've kept a folded duvet on the floor beside him. It should at least cushion the worst of any blow.
i think this thread needs sacrificial children for an online trial
Glad jnr is ok.
Now, WTF is this about? Bone this, bone that? Are you in porno land??
TooTall - MemberYou posted a [b]bone [/b]question about the wellbeing of an injured child on a mountain biking forum. I took the proverbial because it is a bit [b]bone[/b].
Chill out and concentrate on your bairn, not internet numpties poking fun at your [b]bone [/b]post. On a cycling forum. About an injured child.
Which is not closing the wound.
OK so I would glue the wound open? I think its reasonable to assume that the attempt would be to close the wound.
Lets say for example I cut my leg and I have said "I would use a bandage as it quite deep", would you assume that I was going to wipe my arse on said bandage, put it on my arm or do anything other than use it to dress the wound!
Pingu66,
There is 'closing the wound' and there is 'arresting the haemorrhage' you would be doing the latter (and fair play for getting on with it). The former is a specific medical term, and implies that a proper, permenent job has been done, without the need for further medical intervention. (Hopefully)
I always keep a bottle or two of Maplins medium viscosity superglue in my bag, because I frequently get paper cuts and splits in my fingers from handling paper, which dries the skin out; had to glue two up again this morning.
One thing to be really careful of when using glue, and that's to be certain the cut, if fairly deep, is absolutely clean, otherwise it'll get infected; it's happened to me. Deep cuts on fingertips are a bugger, too; trying to get the glue on and set while blood's oozing out is a pain, great big bubbles of glue filled with blood are messy!
I really ought to be more careful using sharp knives... 😳
I think the scenario I used was I am 3 hours from help? If I was around the corner from A&E then its A&E.
Trying to make the point that sometimes you may have to do whatever you can. However rarely in the UK you would be unable to get to A&E in an unrealistic time before you could get professional help.
The OP got flamed for being on here rather than taking his little un to hospital. I think I would have gone stratight to hospital but cannot be 100% certain. You've had a busy day, its late, the injury does not look bad, you don't want to look like your over reacting etc etc.
Fortunately I have never een in either situation only finding the odd random spilling claret on a Saturday night which is easily dealt with as a member of the public. Make comfortable, call the professionals.
Just as an aside, my OH's "little un" (18 year old step daughter) was injured on Sunday. Took her to the walk in centre who suggested as she was unclear how it happened and could not recall she needed a CT scan. That's OK so off to hospital for CT.
Unfortunately it didn't work out like that as she knows best and does not need a CT scan so refuses to go to hospital. Just got a call she is coming home from work and needs to go to hospital, blinding headaches, pain behind her eyes, dizziness. Wish I had been more forceful/insistent. Wish I had got a call sooner so I could get her from work! Worried now.
Head injury! GET IT CHECKED BY A PROFESSIONAL AND FOLLOW THEIR ADVICE. I would rather be told I am a muppet than what I am feeling like right now.
The OP got flamed for being on here rather than taking his little un to hospital.
I'm worried that (some) people honestly thought that my priority was posting on here. It was slightly light-hearted (though other useful advice welcome) as the clearly perfectly happy Toddler North was running round her room and showing us her books while Mrs North was on a lengthy call to NHS Direct (including one of their clinicians).
On the eventual advice of the doc at NHS Direct, we erred on the side of caution and went for a nice drive to the nearby children's A&E who were reasonably quiet. At that point, it was concluded that stitches and glue probably weren't needed and Toddler North impressed the staff by being so well behaved throughout.
I'm not one to panic, so we assessed the whole situation. Evidently some on here would have preferred a more hysterical (but unreported) approach. I think I got the balance just fine, but I'll bear in mind the sensitivity of others next time.
Cheers for the advice, good and bad.
I think the scenario I used was I am 3 hours from help? If I was around the corner from A&E then its A&E.Trying to make the point that sometimes you may have to do whatever you can. However rarely in the UK you would be unable to get to A&E in an unrealistic time before you could get professional help
Your talking of closing wounds with superglue right? You don't close haemorrhaging wounds. As for wiping your bum with bandages, I do hope not but I was assuming you were so relax.
For the record OMITN, I don't think you did anything wrong. I might not have hesitated, but I probably would have been flapping if it was my little un.
Anyway hospital for me now.
I'd have just left this to scab over. V' important to teach kids the delights of picking your scabs from an early age.
Glad to hear toddler North is ok and that your scenario was pretty much what I thought.
If it's anything though, I was well chuffed that I'd given advice to someone on here and they'd actually taken it; although I'm guessing from your post that you were already on the phone when I suggested it. Ah well, I'll pretend it was me, makes me feel all good inside!