Thread: First Aid Equipment

What a blatant attempt to attract greenies

I have a roll of duct tape in case I'm working on something that I want to keep stain free. Otherwise I just bleed all over everything until the platelets do their job.

But seriously, there is a white tin box on a shelf in the corner that has bandaids, some gauze and a couple of bandages.

I'm lucky I have a casualty nurse upstairs and have delegated responsibility as she "knows what men are like" . Otherwise tape or a bit of rag stops red staining.
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Bandaids for little cuts, masking tape (paper type) for bigger ones, and water to wash out eyes.
Oh and a piercing screach to bring family if required.

What a blatant attempt to attract greenies

Darn!!! and I didn't think anyone would see through it!!

Actually I got a paper cut :eek: on the back of my thumb knuckle this morning and it wouldn't stop bleeding no matter what I did - at about that time I wished I was at home and could have reached for the tee shirt and the trusty insulation tape! Oh I forgot to mention insulation tape....

Dave I've also added a piercing scream to the contents of the first aid drawer as well - brilliant idea!!

Cheers,

P

Would a mournful wail be sufficient, or does it have to be a scream?

Actually, come to think of it a blood-curdling yell would be more useful, wouldn't it?

I have a Doctor sitting upstairs most of the time and a good yell normally brings her running, although depending on her mood it can take a few yells!
The down side of this is that treatment is normally accompanied by her saying "I told you so" over and over.

Would a mournful wail be sufficient, or does it have to be a scream?

I think a mournful wail is best applied while first aid is being administered.

Afterwards, a pitiful sob should get you out of the washing up on the day, but you really need to work on a brave wince if you are going to carry it off long term.



P

Originally Posted by bitingmidge

Eastie, what do you ACTUALLY have in your work area?
Cheers,
P

What I ACTUALLY keep differs to where I am and what I'm doing. In the shed is:

• A pair of stockings – easier to use than a bandage for large cuts. Also good for straining paint;
• A face washer to either put under the stocking or wrap around a hand/finger injuries until I can get inside, sit down assess the damage. Also good for wiping sawdust off the chainsaw fuel cap before opening it;
• A couple of 30ml vials of saline solution – although it hurts like hell the first thing I do after cutting myself is to rinse it out and check the depth/damage Also great for getting stuff out of your eyes; &
• Some band aids, antiseptic and panadol so I don’t have to go inside for small things.

All that stuff lives in one of those bags you use to put fingers/toes/hands in should you be gifted enough to cut them off. Other stuff like tape, cold pack, bandages, etc live inside and I’ve got a good kit in the ute. If I'm out working on the farm it's a different story, the proper first aid kit comes along as help is a long way away. Whenever the chainsaw comes out, the first aid kit is taken out from behind the seat of the ute and unzipped ready for use and I keep a roller bandage in the leg pocket of my cut proof trousers.

I honestly recon the most useful piece of gear you can have at hand is a clean snot rag and a long string of profanities.

When I used to work with sheetmetal, any cuts you got on your hands took ages to heal because they would become infected. What we used to do was wash it with metho straight away. Then when you go home and have a shower after work, you get the scrubbing brush and scrub the cut laterally, so that the bristles get right in. After that, you would find the sting of the straight Detol strangely soothing. The cut would be healed the next day.

http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com...&highlight=aid

more info than you'll ever need....

Well I had a look at that thread, but as I'm feeling particularly lazy today, and I don't feel like wading all the posts, can anybody tell me how much the St Johns kit costs? Do they indeed have more than one?
I.E. do they have The StJohns Lite first aid kit, The StJohns Classic, etc?

Thanks Zed! Marvellous how a paper cut makes you forget a thread that is less than 6 months old!!

Although there is a whole heap of new stuff coming out of the woodwork!!

I have to say that I am rather impressed with Eastie's plastic bag for the finger, and the chainsaw procedure.........will do the same!

Cheers,

P

craigB - about $30 - to $40 from a chemist or a dept store like Big W or Target or Kmart etc................

there are varying levels of kits available.

cheers.

Originally Posted by Eastie

A pair of stockings – easier to use than a bandage for large cuts.

But, you could bleed to death while trying to take em off. :confused:



Allana