Tell me what nurse does not get this one....

LadyFree28, BSN, LPN, RN · Jul 6, 2015

Great nurse thinking! :up:

((HUGS)) for you to have to deal with rest.

iowa27 · Jul 6, 2015

I'm a nurse, and a MALE. I had a similar incident myself last summer. My wife was out of town and I needed to cut up a tree that had came down. I had the misfortune of the chainsaw connecting with my knee. It really wasn't as bad as it sounds, but I knew it was going to need stitches.

I was terribly dirty, sweaty with wood chips all over me so I wasn't about to go to the emergency room like that. A bunch of paper towels wrapped with duct tape, contained the bleeding and allowed me to take a quick shower. I felt better and I'm guessing the ER staff was much more appreciative.. :)

CrunchBerries · Jul 6, 2015

I'm a nurse, and a MALE. I had a similar incident myself last summer. My wife was out of town and I needed to cut up a tree that had came down. I had the misfortune of the chainsaw connecting with my knee. It really wasn't as bad as it sounds, but I knew it was going to need stitches.
I was terribly dirty, sweaty with wood chips all over me so I wasn't about to go to the emergency room like that. A bunch of paper towels wrapped with duct tape, contained the bleeding and allowed me to take a quick shower. I felt better and I'm guessing the ER staff was much more appreciative.. :)

Soooooooooooo like...... you don't know about Kotex?

You are SUCH a male!

MunoRN, RN · Jul 6, 2015

We're do-it-yourself'rs, if it's not something we can fix ourselves then it wasn't meant to be fixed. Cyanoacrylate, aka "superglue" is also sold under the trade name "dermabond" which is a commonly used surgical glue, so using superglue isn't that far off.

CrunchBerries · Jul 6, 2015

We're do-it-yourself'rs, if it's not something we can fix ourselves then it wasn't meant to be fixed. Cyanoacrylate, aka "superglue" is also sold under the trade name "dermabond" which is a commonly used surgical glue, so using superglue isn't that far off.

My S/O is a truck driver.

ETA: my ex is a psychiatrist, my current is a truck driver. He's not a do-it-yourself, orrrrrrrrrrrrrr, he shouldn't be.

klone, MSN, RN · Jul 7, 2015

We're do-it-yourself'rs, if it's not something we can fix ourselves then it wasn't meant to be fixed. Cyanoacrylate, aka "superglue" is also sold under the trade name "dermabond" which is a commonly used surgical glue, so using superglue isn't that far off.

I superglued my mother-in-law's finger. She cut it while slicing potatoes. She's on Coumadin. Would NOT stop bleeding. Everyone insisted she needed stitches. I ran it under some cold water, poured a little H2O2 on it to disinfect, then held it together and superglued it. Everyone was quite impressed with my field nursing skills. :)

cardiacfreak, ADN · Jul 7, 2015

I always said duct tape fixes everything! :roflmao:

Guest219794 · Jul 7, 2015

Here is the history...
This is regarding my S/O, a typical MALE~
Tree falls on house, tree needs to be cut into pieces, chainsaw.
Chainsaw... yes, accident, Kotex, duct tape, and superglue.
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr..............

Serious question: Anything wrong with that approach?

Did he wash it first?

FlyingScot, RN · Jul 7, 2015

If you can't fix it with duct tape, super glue, Durham's Rock Hard, liquid nails or caulk it ain't worth fixing.

RiskManager · Jul 7, 2015

When I did my Wilderness Medicine trauma training, they told us all about the wonders of pads and tampons to cover or plug up bleeding things in the field. My step-daughter is an Army combat medic, and she confirmed that she was trained on this, too. I now have a supply of pads and tampons for exactly this reason, though my wife had some questions when she first saw them, what with her hysterectomy several years back.

imintrouble, BSN, RN · Jul 7, 2015

I like the way the male mind works.

The alternative is screaming, crying, and hysterics.