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

emtb2rn, BSN, RN, EMT-B · Jul 7, 2015

Electrical tape holds better than duct when wet. Gorilla glue on hand at all times. 5x9 abdominal pads work for wounds as well as emergency feminine hygiene supply when in backcountry. Can wait a few hours until getting stitches.

Proud owner of Stihl 290 farm boss with 18" & 20" bars, Echo pos 14" bar that won't completely tighten (sporty saw to use), Black & Decker 14" electric limbing saw (ya know the one you use while standing on your tiptoes at the top of an 8' stepladder).

Start with 10, end with 10. Remember the finger-dick rule.

Mavrick, BSN, RN · 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..............

I'm proud of you, man! Function not form. I pack those little mini pads in my bicycle first aid kit. They are great self-contained individually-packaged instant bandages for sloppy road rash. Just add duct tape.

Mavrick, BSN, RN · Jul 7, 2015

Can wait a few hours until getting stitches.

I flipped my ATV one Sunday afternoon and cut my shin to the bone. Had friends over to watch the Chiefs game. Seems stupid to sit in the ER all afternoon by myself cuz you know my "emergency" ain't no emergency. Washed it out, slapped on some bacitracin and went to the ER after the game. Just made their 6-hour time limit for stitches.

kakamegamama · Jul 7, 2015

Well now, isn't this an interesting thread...... Serious question here. I'm newly on a disaster relief team and packing out a backpack for my "go bag". It will be actually easier for me to buy pads than some bandages where I will be living. Any of you guys who have used the pads as bandages----just mini pads? Light, medium, heavy flow pads? Which works best? (Never have I thought I'd be asking THIS question of a bunch of men! :) ). All make sense, but if any of you have experience of using one over another that has produced better results, I would appreciate hearing. Thanks! And....be careful!!!

Mavrick, BSN, RN · Jul 7, 2015

I use them as temporary bandaging, so cheap and convenient are my criteria. Don't pay extra for "wings".

CT Pixie, BSN, RN · Jul 8, 2015

My husband's idea of taking care of a badly bleeding wound when he worked and didn't have any first aid items ..duct tape and paper towels or a pad or panty liner preferably.

brownbook · Jul 8, 2015

Married couple both nurses. Wife comes home to find white fluff all over the table. Husband had been weed wacking, didn't have ear plugs, put tampons in his ears. They swell up, had to go to ER to get them removed!

adventure_rn, MSN, NP · Jul 8, 2015

Bartending in a party hostel in South America while daylighting on a vaccine study at a public hospital.

One of the backpackers (a young woman) has on a full arm cast. It's time for the cast to come off, and she doesn't want to pay the $5 to go to the local hospital and have it removed. Asks another bartender to borrow a steak knife to saw it off. When I tried to stop her she said, "You're a nurse, right? You'll know what to do!" :no:

Maxi pad, dirty washcloths from behind the bar, and duct tape. AND she reinjured her arm in the process and required another cast. :banghead:

Ruby Vee, BSN · Jul 8, 2015

I'll BET she had questions.

My poor husband had a FIT the first time I pulled out the Kotex for HIM. But it got us to the ER without much bleeding on the car upholstery.

Ruby Vee, BSN · Jul 8, 2015

Married couple both nurses. Wife comes home to find white fluff all over the table. Husband had been weed wacking, didn't have ear plugs, put tampons in his ears. They swell up, had to go to ER to get them removed!

Beverage, meet computer screen.

Davey Do · Jul 8, 2015

I sewed myself up once after slicing open the area between my thumb and index finger.

Saw Rambo do it in First Blood.

imintrouble, BSN, RN · Jul 8, 2015

I sewed myself up once after slicing open the area between my thumb and index finger.
Saw Rambo do it in First Blood.

I'm an excellent seamstress, but I've never tried to sew skin.

I might have to add that to my bucket list.