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[getagrip]

Fidgety Matron,  preserved in natron!   

[toxicpixie]

Possibly less coffee, more herbal tea needed

I can't use too much industrial language, else the wee one will inevitably hear and the first thing she'll say to the relatives or in public will be something toddlers really shouldn't!

[Fenton]

I'll have you know, that I was a qualified First Aider, Pixie.....
Though I haven't kept it up to date...and forgotten most of it.  

You need to go to the optician first, you plonker......This is a 12 bore hypodermic syringe....Not a wax 5 !
Sheesh !

Cheers - Phil

You will probably need a refresher as modern day thinking in medicine suggests that the blood should be kept on the inside of the body

[Techno]

Just remember who's got the chainsaw !

to the lot of you ! 
Cheers - Phil. (18 hours without an injury..................................................I should NOT have put that down, should I ?)

[getagrip]

Just remember who's got the chainsaw !

to the lot of you ! 
Cheers - Phil. (18 hours without an injury..................................................I should NOT have put that down, should I ?)

Tick tick tick...

Check out the "Fun Stuff" thread.   

[Westmarcher]

You will probably need a refresher as modern day thinking in medicine suggests that the blood should be kept on the inside of the body

 

[Techno]

You will probably need a refresher as modern day thinking in medicine suggests that the blood should be kept on the inside of the body

Are you telling me that the chapter about 'letting blood' is out of date now ? 
What will they think of next ?

Cheers - Phil

[Hertsblue]

Letting blood stay put is the theory now, Phil. However, superglue can be used for other purposes. When I gashed my hand some years ago they glued strips across the cut instead of stitching it. The strips then biodegraded as the gash healed. Good 'ere, innit?

[getagrip]

My wife is a veterinary nurse and she uses super glue,  or medical equivalent,  quite often.

[fsn]

I believe it had a role in the Viet Nam war to seal wounds.



Mind you I also believe that Leon is a supernatural being with dark eldrich powers, Techno was constructed in the C17 by a Swiss anatomist, everyone else in the forum is a bikini clad lovely, and Runcorn is a nice place to live, so I wouldn't believe me either.

[getagrip]

All I can tell you is it really works but BE CAREFUL! Matron.

[toxicpixie]

I believe it had a role in the Viet Nam war to seal wounds.



Mind you I also believe that Leon is a supernatural being with dark eldrich powers, Techno was constructed in the C17 by a Swiss anatomist, everyone else in the forum is a bikini clad lovely, and Runcorn is a nice place to live, so I wouldn't believe me either.

As I understand it that's possibly an urban myth (although maybe not, I think it's a one of those that's not very substantiated!), but it was originally supposed to be another type of plastic for use as aircraft gun sights!

[Rob]

As I understand it that's possibly an urban myth (although maybe not, I think it's a one of those that's not very substantiated!), but it was originally supposed to be another type of plastic for use as aircraft gun sights!

In the 80's I was loose-forward or prop for Leic RL (now Leicester Storm) and (thankfully not often) did used get the occasional split cheekbone or eyebrow. The Royal Infirmary never used thread type stiches on facial wounds they always used a sort of super glue. Stings when applied but for a facial wound it usually means no scar and they disappear on their own. 

[toxicpixie]

As I understand it they developed and approved "different" superglue-like compound by then, that was "skin friendly" - the original available at the time of the Vietnam War was pretty rough on skin (mmmm burny goodness...). That said it crops up regularly, so they may well have done. Probably better than bleeding to death...

[FierceKitty]

Pah! Sissies. When I was in the Spartan army, we riveted wounds shut! And you didn't whimper about its stinging, either.