Dan + Stanley Knife = oh f**k
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Me being the plonker that i am, i slipped with the stanley knife earlier..... Into my arm! i now have a CM lengh and width hole, it's gone through all of my layers of skin. for the last few hours i have had a bandage round it, an thats held the cut together to let it heal a little, but the bandage has to be tight, therefore giving me alot of cramp, and unnescesary (spell check) jaults here and there. What should i do? i've put the bandage back on, slightly looser, but if i loosen it anymore the cut will open. Superglue?
I'll keep the bandage on 'til morning see how i get on. If i get any sleep, it's doing my head in.
Also, i do weight training, i suppose the excess stress and flow of blood in my arm will allow the cut to open again?
Thanks,
Dan
I'll keep the bandage on 'til morning see how i get on. If i get any sleep, it's doing my head in.
Also, i do weight training, i suppose the excess stress and flow of blood in my arm will allow the cut to open again?
Thanks,
Dan
i will go in the morning. Just seeing if anyone knows of anything i could do now to help dc53 said:
Took the bandage off again, it appears to have clotted at the bottom, so no more bleeding, but the skin is still apart, i think i will go for a plaster over the top an pull both sides together.
Will still pop down to A&E in the morning anyhoo
Good man. Don't listen to any bullsWill still pop down to A&E in the morning anyhoo
t about tourniquets unless you're not particularly attached to your arm. And don't go to sleep with a tight bandage on it either.RabD said:
dc53 said:
Took the bandage off again, it appears to have clotted at the bottom, so no more bleeding, but the skin is still apart, i think i will go for a plaster over the top an pull both sides together.
Will still pop down to A&E in the morning anyhoo
Good man. Don't listen to any bullsWill still pop down to A&E in the morning anyhoo
t about tourniquets unless you're not particularly attached to your arm.The problem with a deep cut is gangrene.
What you should do is let some flies lay eggs on the wound. When the maggots hatch they will eat away all the rotting dead flesh leaving only pink healthy flesh that should heal nicely.
Oh, just seen that it is only a cm deep and long. Stick a plaster on it and give it a kiss better.
What you should do is let some flies lay eggs on the wound. When the maggots hatch they will eat away all the rotting dead flesh leaving only pink healthy flesh that should heal nicely.
Oh, just seen that it is only a cm deep and long. Stick a plaster on it and give it a kiss better.
The Excession said:
tourniquetIt's the only way to be sure.
If you can't be arsed to seek proper help apply a pressure bandage and elevate the wound. Then fall asleep, allow your arm to drop and die by exsanguination.
ETA Tourniquets can lead to damaged tissue and gangrene.
Edited by Flintstone on Tuesday 5th August 03:17
Funny most of you mentioned going to hospital - a couple of years back whilst removing concrete from the parents driveway, I sliced my palm open from the tip of my thumb to my wrist. It was so deep that when I initially washed the wound, my hand literally filled up with water - which I then had to drain by pushing the skin back onto my hand.
Went to the hospital and was told I 'could have stitches but that they weren't necessary'. It bled a fair bit, and I went home without anything other than the consultation – scarred for life, but it's a talking point, and handily parallel to the scar I obtained when I fell from a loft ladder. That day I somehow avoided death as the exposed metal top of the middle section of said ladder pierced my arm, haulting my fall as it reached my wrist - leaving me to hang with blood pouring from my bone exposed left arm!
Went to the hospital and was told I 'could have stitches but that they weren't necessary'. It bled a fair bit, and I went home without anything other than the consultation – scarred for life, but it's a talking point, and handily parallel to the scar I obtained when I fell from a loft ladder. That day I somehow avoided death as the exposed metal top of the middle section of said ladder pierced my arm, haulting my fall as it reached my wrist - leaving me to hang with blood pouring from my bone exposed left arm!
RobDickinson said:
Leeches.
Pop a couple under your tongue and let them dissolve...
Pop a couple under your tongue and let them dissolve...
I was thinking amputation and then cauterise the stump...it's the only way to be sure!
Dan - hope you've got yourself to A&E by now, as that sounds like it needs a stitch or two (butterfly plaster the only other sensible suggestion on the thread...).
Jord...no, we do NOT need pics of that sort of thing!!!
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