On 2/24/2013 1:25 PM, Zz Yzx wrote:
I keep a first aid kit handy in the shop. It's a plastic case with 10
or so boxes inside. The boxes hold the usual stuff: gauze, triangular
bandage, bandage compress, tape. &tc. Each box ix securely wrapped in
sturdy plastic.

This morning my daughter put a nasty cut on her finger. It wasn't
deep but it was bleeding profusely.

I pulled out the box with the bandage compress and went to open it.
The damn plastic cover on the box was so sturdy that I couldn't tear
it open or split it at the seams wit my hands. I used a razor knife.

If I had a shop accident in which I cut my hand or fingers, I don't
think I wouldv'e been able to open the damn box. The thought of
bleeding out with an unopened compress in my hand kinna' spooks me.

-Zz

That is what the roll of paper towels in the shop is for. Since it is
on a roll it is relatively clean, though not sterile. When your finger
is bleeding like a new oil well, a wad of paper towels is great compress
until you can get the proper treatment or help.

Worked for me when I cut my fingers on the saw. Good think was I got
minimal blood on the shop floor, and none on the piece I was cutting or
the saw.