Band-aids...
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Same with my wife!
Better to lose a limb than bleed to death though...
Been there done that too!
I've used Super Glue,tape and Pads(the feminine hygiene type) Duct tape and a roll of paper towels over a gash that required 29 stitches (hit the bone in my shin!), butterfly bandaids and shop rags... I get hurt a lot...
One of my best friends is a nurse who is always fussing at me for getting injured. For Christmas she and her husband biought me this for my new shop!!!
It even has a stitch kit and stitch removal kit!
OccupantRJ
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Luckily I can see the hospital from my shop, and there is a golf cart right outside the shop door so I won't have to get blood on my truck interior. Guess I need to add lights and siren.
after paper towel then this
https://www.band-aid.com/durable-protection/tough-strips/extra-large-10-count
https://www.band-aid.com/durable-protection/tough-strips/extra-large-10-count
Dragfluid
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For the original question, always buy the "Band-Aid" brand. Those off brands are hell to open, and after you've destroyed 2 or 3 of the damn things, you haven't saved anything.
I always keep a selection of all the different sizes on hand.
I always keep a selection of all the different sizes on hand.
75149
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Old way of thinking. With modern pre-hospital medicine, a tourniquet is a good tool if you are trained to use it. Lots of people saved in battle and that trickled into the streets.
Heck... Some cops carry them to out on people.
rburke65
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Same story with the paper towels and electrical tape. Super glue.
rlitman
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cdestuck
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Three pages on hard to open band-AIDS? What the **** happens when OP has a real problem. Going back to watching the dryer spin.
My Old Tools
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Super glue if it is a clean cut. Doesn't work on scrapes.
mikescdn
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Usually by the time I learn that I have cut myself, the bleeding has stopped.
this is way better then watching the dryer
A**holes Garage
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Shop towel
Super glue (if wound is small enough)
Gorilla duct tape
Super glue (if wound is small enough)
Gorilla duct tape
Slycox
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Superglue. For anything that a bandaid can be used on, superglue works great. Little dot of glue, hold the wound closed until it dries and you are back in business. You can buy the medical stuff (dermabond) made for this, but I just use the stuff I normally keep on hand.
I do use these bandaids though:
They are like duck tape and stick very well. 100% waterproof as there is sticky parts all the way around the pad. I've literally worn one of these through two showers before without issue.
I hate these bandaids, yes the stick awesome but the pad is to small, usually when I need a bandaid its bigger than the pad.
Yes.
These are awesome, my old job was machining aluminum parts, easy to get a good cut on and our supervisor used these, lasted a long time even with getting wet.
If its bigger than that and needs sealing, gauze and tegaderm.
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Kevin54
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I'm right there with ya. I get those raspberries (I always called them strawberries) for no reason I believe. Either that, or I am starting to get forgetful because I don't remember bumping my arm. And if I get a bump and a cut in that area, it really gets bad.
As far as thin skin.......If you ever have to put a Band-Aid on an older person, try to find the ones that are low adhesive. Removing a Band-Aid can literally rip the skin off of a person. I found this out with my dad. The nursing home nurse removed a Band-Aid from his arm on day and dad flinched and said "ouch". I teased the nurse that she pulled his skin off. She started apologizing about it. I was just kidding, but she actually pulled his skin off. She told me that older people get thin skinned and they (the nursing home) have to now use low adhesive band-aids. She told me that they had one elderly patient that they couldn't even use the low adhesive type or it would pull her skin off.
fury9
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I just tear down the whole side, no flaps to deal with.
Dragfluid
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Gary in NY
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Initial first aid is usually accomplished with paper towels, just because they are usually near by. Then, if needed, I'll reach for band-aids (I prefer the cloth ones) or super glue.
OccupantRJ
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My wife loves that show. I would look look more like Leslie Neilson, according to Kevin54
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sctattooer
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Cohesive bandage. it's an elastic kind of tape. The stretch of the tape will hold a wound closed, and it only sticks to itself, not the skin.
nadogail
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purplezr2
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I'm a fan of shop rags, or what ever else I can find plus some type of tap. That said I use Nextcare products usually. It started out that I got them for free as my Aunt works for 3M. Overtime I have grown to like their products.
spike99250
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These were great, but I can't find them anywhere.
I havn't used a paper packaged BandAid in years.
Outer than the happy face ones for kids have you ever seen one in a Drs office?
Gauze and white tape.
That is what I have in a zip-lock bag in more than one tool box.
The important thing is that the tape has the zig-zag edges so it is easy to tear to length when working wounded.
This is not to say I haven't used a coffee shop napkin and black tape when needed.
The idea is to keep the wound clean from outside dirt and grease.
Outer than the happy face ones for kids have you ever seen one in a Drs office?
Gauze and white tape.
That is what I have in a zip-lock bag in more than one tool box.
The important thing is that the tape has the zig-zag edges so it is easy to tear to length when working wounded.
This is not to say I haven't used a coffee shop napkin and black tape when needed.
The idea is to keep the wound clean from outside dirt and grease.
don long
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I've always dipped the cut in lacquer thinner and bound it up with masking tape.
and it's pretty much healed in the morning.
and it's pretty much healed in the morning.
Maybe directly shoot them an email or call themas I don't see it on their site either.
http://www.nexcare.com/wps/portal/3M/en_US/NANexcare/Nexcare/Connect/
You might be interested in these:
"I am 74 years old and my arms are easily bruised and cut when I am reaching down into the engine compartment. I used to dread changing the alternator and A/C belts on my Probe. Recently, I got some long nitrile gloves with cotton lining that really help with that problem. The nitrile coating is very tough and doesn't snag on things like a longsleeved shirt would do. I cut the ends of the fingers off for better feel. They are a little hot and sweaty, so I just use them when I need them.
I got them from www.DrsFosterSmith.com and the item no. was 27805 (XL ATLAS NITRILE GLOVES). Ther were $10.99 each plus 5.99 shipping. I got three pair, because I figured that I also had other uses for them."
LS6 Tommy
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I knicked myself shaving tonite right on the front of my chin, just a tiny spot. It kept bleeding, I tried some direct pressure, some neosporin, and a piece of TP. It bled right through the TP and looked nasty. Thinking of this thread, I went out to the garage and grabbed the super glue, wiped the blood off, cleaned the area, dabbed the blood again and touched a drop of super glue to the nick. Done.
For those really nasty wounds: http://www.itstactical.com/medcom/medical/why-israeli-bandages-are-like-pepperidge-farm-bread/
maxpower_hd
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Superglue. For anything that a bandaid can be used on, superglue works great. Little dot of glue, hold the wound closed until it dries and you are back in business. You can buy the medical stuff (dermabond) made for this, but I just use the stuff I normally keep on hand.
I do use these bandaids though:
They are like duck tape and stick very well. 100% waterproof as there is sticky parts all the way around the pad. I've literally worn one of these through two showers before without issue.
They even have medical grade super glue. My wife made me buy it because she didn't want me to use my "dirty" glue from the garage. LOL It hadn't been opened yet but whatever. She was happy with it. She cut between two fingers with our very sharp Chef knife and didn't like my paper towel and tape idea and no bandaids we had were the right configuration to stay on. Superglue was the cure. Worked great!
Me...usually a splash of alcohol, which I keep on top of my stereo within easy reach, and whatever I have with electrical tape...a piece of t-shirt, paper towel, rag, etc. I do like the flexible, cloth type band aids for long term. The bend and the glue doesn't come off within eyesight of moisture. They are sometimes hard to remove though. Especially if your hairy and the hair wasn't burned off as part of the injury...
spike99250
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Took your advice and got an email back last night. They regret to inform me that they no longer make them, their stock is depleted, and they do not know of any other source for them. So we, are out of luck.
There was a little more about marketing decisions and product manufacturing. I know it was an email but the person really came off as sorry that they could not help me, which was nice.
coljar
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A little off the band-aid track, but here is a product I can swear by, because I've used it and it works. We keep it in the control rooms and I keep one smaller pack in my lunch bucket. They come in different sizes from small up to a blanket.
Well that ***** but atleast it appears that you got a response from a person rather than a canned response.