New First Aid products

[ROCK6]

Well, my wife (eighth-grade teacher) used her work’s pre-paid health card today. It's actually a cool set up they have. They give them an allotment for most over the counter, prescription meds and even eye-wear; it's in the form of a pre-paid credit card and as you they ring up all your items, you swipe your medical card and it automatically subtracts all the items it covers...quite ingenious!

Well, anyways, since she and the kids are on my health care plan, we use her allotment mostly for eyewear (I can't get contacts through mine for the kids) and our first aid items. She picked up a few new products (new to us) and we used them on our daughter. She was out last night with the church youth group doing a scavenger hunt and fell in a parking lot, scraping her foot pretty bad. Well, here's what we used:

First was just an antiseptic cleansing spray; nothing special, just nice to clean up scrapes and cuts as it also has some pain relieving properties (lidocaine).

Second was really cool. Nexcare's no sting "liquid bandage". It's a pump spray applicator and you spray it directly on a cut or scrape. You need to apply two applications...waiting for the first to dry before applying the second. It's a clear rubber feeling coating and it wears off as the scrape heals. Yeah, the most critical part would be making sure it's completely sterilized before applying, but it's pretty neat and supposedly waterproof as well. I'm curious to see how well it holds up to the abrasion of shoes, socks or any other covering.

ROCK6

 

[mneedham]

Rock,

I've never used the liquid bandage, I'll be interested to hear how it holds up. It could be real useful on the feet or other areas that band-aids get rubbed off.. I wonder if it would help cover blisters as well.....

 

[myright]

That looks like a scrape that will hurt for a few days every time your daughter needs to put a pair of socks and/or shoes on.

 

[KuRUpTD]

Rock,

I've never used the liquid bandage, I'll be interested to hear how it holds up. It could be real useful on the feet or other areas that band-aids get rubbed off.. I wonder if it would help cover blisters as well.....

The liquid bandage is basically for minor scrapes and wounds. It forms a protective layer over the scrape /cut which helps keeps out dirt and germs. I think a regular bandage would work best for a blister as it helps in reducing friction.

 

[storl]

I've used that liquid bandage stuff before and it does work pretty well for areas that do not see a lot of friction. I would imagine that it might wear off pretty quickly where that scrape is, since thanks to socks, shoes, and bending of the skin, that part of the body sees a lot of wear and tear. I'd be interested to see your thoughts on how it holds up in a few days.

 

[RoyalM]

Looks interesting. I'm thinking if you spray a little liquid bandage on the cut or scrape then maybe put a piece of 2nd Skin over the liquid bandage with a little (say 10mm) extra overlap all round that should work well.

As for blisters i'm still lancing them, cutting a small triangle out and painting the raw inside bit with iodine. Then when squashed flat I zinc oxide tape over them. Sure my feet are now like leather but better that than blisters.

 

[zach225a]

the only i know is that junk burned like He^^ last time i used liquid bandage

 

[ROCK6]

Well, friction points are an issue. It was working okay as she didn't wear socks or leave the house today, but she didn't like looking at it so she covered it up with a bandaid I was thinking this stuff would be great for those smaller cuts between fingers and such where bandaids aren't too effective. More to follow...I'm sure I'll cut my finger soon enough

ROCK6