band aids...

BruiseLeee

BruiseLeee

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A couple of months ago I used a band aid from my car's first aid kit. Unfortunately the adhesive had dried up. How long do ya figure such products are good for stored in a vehicle?

I looked in the flexible guaze strip section at the local band aid reseller and noticed an assortment of fancy newfangled items.

Waterproof breathable, silver, liquid, cloth etc. Is they hype?

:confused:

I tried the waterproof breathable on a skinned knee. Not bad, except they turn my skin red and itchy. Better than the plastic ones though.
 
Band Aids one thing that i probably could use on at least a weekly basis, but always forget to buy. Normally, i just use a piece of paper towel and some duct tape. You might try that. The only problem with it is that the wound sticks to the paper towel and often becomes infected. On second though, don't try that unless you're curious about how long it will take for your fingers to turn green and fall off. Personally, when i do have a band aid i like the clothy kind. they tend to stick to me a little better.

jake
 
Ive switched to the liquid ones. They dont get in the way, dont fall off, keep forever and you get hundreds of uses out of one little bottle.
 
Depends upon heat, cold and moisture, doesn't it?

I always wondered what was happening to medications in my truck in the Mojave.



munk
 
I guess I'm weird...I can usually just apply pressure for a bit and cuts stick shut. If it doesn't, it's a matter of how many stiches I need.

Except when the grandsons visit, then I like the spiderman ones...
 
Nasty - you're not too weird...

I usually end up with tape or superglue. Don't like to fuss with band-aids.

That said, by boys get "Elmo" bandaids...even if they're not hurt....:rolleyes:
 
Daniel Koster said:
That said, by boys get "Elmo" bandaids...even if they're not hurt....:rolleyes:
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Elmo bandaids have to be
1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
times better than Barney band aids!!!!:D
 
I want band aids with "heroes of the ancient world" on them.

Julius Ceasar
Ghengis Khan
Alexander the Great and his brother Bob the O.K.
 
Steely_Gunz said:
Band Aids one thing that i probably could use on at least a weekly basis, but always forget to buy. Normally, i just use a piece of paper towel and some duct tape. You might try that. The only problem with it is that the wound sticks to the paper towel and often becomes infected. jake
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Haha, that's exactly what I do. Or use scotch tape. Except, to keep the paper towel from sticking, what I do is squirt some Ballistol oil on it. This also prevents the cut from getting infected, I think.
 
Seems like I can get a duct tape comment in here somewhere..

guy's, my four year old daughter MUST have ONLY Barbie Band-Aids.
You haven't lived and been a real man, until you let your daughter put on those little pink bandaids on your boo boo.

That said, I really like Bruise's idea, a Gengis Khan bandaid would be a great change of pace. It would bring me back in harmony after my Barbie BandAid experiences.

I named my son, Alexander, after Alexander the Great, so that would be cool too.

It's all about balance. :D
 
Jebadiah_Smith said:
Ive switched to the liquid ones. They dont get in the way, dont fall off, keep forever and you get hundreds of uses out of one little bottle.
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Amen to that. Nuskin (or something like that) is the name of the stuff I use on cuts and such. Kind of like using superglue on cuts, except that it disinfects and stays on longer. It's a bit more painful than superglue. I don't care at all for the clove smell but it works.

If you're not afraid of the idea of sewing your own sutures for the nastier injuries, it's not as difficult as it appears. Use a curved needle (a straight one will work with practice) and disinfect the injury thoroughly before attempting it. Dental floss and low test fishing line both work well. If you have any doubt of your abilities (or an immune system that isn't up to par for whatever reason) seek professional help instead. The only reason I learned to do this is that military medical professional help isn't always professional. I got tired of corpsmen trying their sutures on me "for the first time."

I don't like adhesive bandages. I never have. They fall off at the worst times. When they're on, they trap moisture. I've never had any luck with them. We keep a pack around at work for hamhanded students who tear fingernails off or suffer Beretta Bites. It's mostly just to get them through the course of fire without shedding too much blood on the weapons. I wouldn't consider them long term treatment.

Probably not too applicable on this forum but for piercings you can't go wrong with a warm water and sea/kosher salt mixture.
 
Actually those plastic band aids aren't bad for small blisters. If you keep the gauze pad underneath wet, your body absorbs the goop in the blister in a day or two. Hockey tape and some cotton works better though depending if it irritates your skin.
 
Used to be

REAL men grew up with a large bar of brown ?Lye" soap at the kitchen sink, and the injuries would be treated by (roughly) washing down the injury, preferably with some nicely abrasive cloth, then the "goo" of the surface of the soap would be applied, and then gauze and adhesive tape applied.

All debris would be either abraded out or become part of the system.

But then I grew up in a household where if there was not conspicuous blood or broken bones sticking through the skin, you were "fine."
 
Kismet said:
Used to be

REAL men grew up with a large bar of brown ?Lye" soap at the kitchen sink, and the injuries would be treated by (roughly) washing down the injury, preferably with some nicely abrasive cloth, then the "goo" of the surface of the soap would be applied, and then gauze and adhesive tape applied.

All debris would be either abraded out or become part of the system.

But then I grew up in a household where if there was not conspicuous blood or broken bones sticking through the skin, you were "fine."
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Yup, and stitches were unheard of even for veins cut in two, put a butterfly on it!
And that dayumed ol' brown Lye soap could burn like hell if it wasn't made right!:eek:
 
Bruise, manly men just use a stapler - infinite shelf life so long as you store it where the staples won't rust.

;)
 
mrostov said:
Bruise, manly men just use a stapler - infinite shelf life so long as you store it where the staples won't rust.
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Can I use old motor oil to keep the staples from rusting?
:)

I grew up when crying, moaning and complaining would get you attention and varying amounts of junk food. Not quite the ingredients for a tough guy but it's the stuff lawyers and political activists are made of... :rolleyes:
 
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