First aid in the shop !!!
As some of you heard in chat last night I ended up in the ER getting stitches... Yes I am fine, just put a nice slice through the top of my thumb, down to the bone... BTW for what it's worth that damn razor was "TOO SHARP" :)
One half a second of inattention and bam it got me..
But anyway what I started the thread about was the fact I was almost not going to go in for the stitches because I had controlled the blood loss so good.... BTW if you have to go through all this "YOU NEED STITCHES"
In my hunting stuff I keep a fully stocked First Aid Kit when I am not hunting this stays in the house... I always have what are normally called Trauma Powders, or Blood Clotters, Homeostasis Powders etc: etc:
QuikClot is one of the brand names, these are available now to the common man, expensive but available...
They save blood and yer Butt if your Wife is like mine when it comes to dripping blood all over the house :)
Anyway they work fast, some burn like the dickens, but they will seal off wounds and give you time to apply a pressure bandage and get the bleeding under control so you can drive yourself the the ER like I had to LOL...
Not a bad idea to have some of at least the smaller packs, laying around...
Just Google "Blood Clotting Powder"
here is one link
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