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Sliced my finger tonight

CubsloverCubslover Member Posts: 18,601 ✭✭
edited May 2006 in General Discussion
Well it's been a while since I've last has stitches. About 8:30 tonight I sliced my left index finger with a brand new knife that I had just honed to a razor edge. I was shaving a peice of hard plastic in a way that wasn't too safe. It slid right through and I couldn't stop it in time before I hit my finger on the soft, tender side, right above the joint. I decided I wasn't going to go in for stitches, even though I probably needed a dozen. It was a 1" wide cut about a 1/4" deep and bled like a stuck pig for about 20mins. I finally got the bleeding stopped then coated it in superglue. All better now.
Half of the lives they tell about me aren't true.
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  • shootlowshootlow Member Posts: 5,425
    edited November -1
    where is the duct tape ?
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  • spryorspryor Member Posts: 9,155
    edited November -1
    Being a custom knifemaker and purveyor, superglue fixing cuts is almost a daily occurance. The other half says I should have stock in them.lol
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  • WarbirdsWarbirds Member Posts: 16,934 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    cubs- Not to preach to you but you're an EMT or at least a first responder for some form of EMS organization. Whenever I have a cut on my hand or arms, or really wherever, I always go through the trouble to get stitches if I need them. It will help keep the wound closed, and it will heal faster. There's nothing like having your hands covered in someone elses' blood and catching a glove on a zipper or something like that to rip it open, and you have a big nasty cut on your hand which is now exposed to someone elses' blood. Just be careful.
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  • KSUmarksmanKSUmarksman Member Posts: 10,705 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    superglue? is that an approved technique for an EMT to use?
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  • john wjohn w Member Posts: 4,104
    edited November -1
    toilet paper and masking tape= the body shop bandage
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  • matwormatwor Member Posts: 20,594
    edited November -1
    I'm in construction and have cut myself lots of times. Superglue has always put me back together. I even used some on one of my boys one time. The younger one pistol-whipped him above the ear, in the hair, with a toy pistol. I figured rather than take him to the hospital and have them shave a bald spot on his head to stitch him up I would just glue it. Worked like a champ. People always say, "Doesn't it burn?" No, it doesn't. Maybe its the smell of the glue that leads people to believe that it would, but it doesn't, and it holds the cut together long enough for the healing to start.
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  • Flyin_PaulieFlyin_Paulie Member Posts: 857 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I think the medical community calls it Dermibond (or something like that). I had it used on a pretty bad cut and had no problems.[:)]
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  • 11BravoCrunchie11BravoCrunchie Member Posts: 33,423 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    It's funny, cubslover. I did that about a week and a half ago while I was sharpening my Ka-Bar, and I did the exact same thing with it afterwards...superglue.
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  • CubsloverCubslover Member Posts: 18,601 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I've heard that superglue was invented to help close cuts in WWII. Whether it is true or not, I don't know. Works like a charm though. I've peeled off the superglue today and rinsed it in alcohol. I used to use Peroxide because it didn't hurt, but I'm a firm believer in alcohol to prevent infection. I just bite the bullet and rinse with alcohol no matter how bad it stings, plus it only stings for a second. No redness as of yet. I used the superglue because I didn't think the bleeding was going to stay stopped.
    Half of the lives they tell about me aren't true.
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  • v35v35 Member Posts: 12,710 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Do you hold the cut closed or leave it open while applying superglue?
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  • CubsloverCubslover Member Posts: 18,601 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by v35
    Do you hold the cut closed or leave it open while applying superglue?


    Closed
    Half of the lives they tell about me aren't true.
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  • tacking1tacking1 Member Posts: 3,844
    edited November -1
    I have used shrinkwrap and papertowells, Duct tape, rope, string, bungee cords, and superglue.

    when you are out on a boat in the middle of a regatta and the stupid skip wants the boat light so he's thrown off the first aid kit....you do what you can.
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  • He DogHe Dog Member Posts: 51,593 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:I've heard that superglue was invented to help close cuts in WWII. Whether it is true or not, I don't know.

    No, it is not that old. It was first used on cadavors by the funeral industry. I do hope the rumors of your passing are greatly exaggerated!
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  • nunnnunn Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 36,085 ******
    edited November -1
    Several years ago, Travis got a very nice Uncle Henry knife for Christmas. In the midst of the family get-together on Christmas evening, he managed to slice off the end of a finger. It was hanging by a sliver of skin.

    We spent a few hours that evening in the ER getting his fingertip sewn back on.

    Having watched ER docs close small wounds with a clear liquid, I asked what it was. I was told it is a cyanoacrylate adhesive, just a medical grade of Super Glue. Knowing that, I would not hesitate to use Super Glue to close a small wound after cleaning it.
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  • tazzertazzer Member Posts: 16,837
    edited November -1
    Nunn it the nail on the head you need to clean it out very well
    i think thats what i hate the most about getting cut the damn cleaning [:(!][:(!][:(!]
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  • jimkanejimkane Member Posts: 1,534 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by cubslovers
    ...but I'm a firm believer in alcohol...

    so am I.....[:p][8D][}:)][:p]
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