On 2/25/2013 3:13 PM, Lew Hodgett wrote:
Dave wrote:

Yup, it could have been worse. Guess you're going to have to take
your
preparedness a little further. I keep a first aid kit too, but I know
mine's been opened because the first thing I did when I got it was to
add a few things like tweezers for splinters, better scissors for
cutting bandages and stuff like that.
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A fellow boat builder up in Portland is also an ER Doc.

His take on most first aid kits is they are very much an
over priced collection of band aids.

He is very much in favor of assembling your own kit which
should include a bottle of betadine to sterilize open wounds,
tools, gauze pads and tape.



Lew


When I cut my finger on the table saw the doctor told me to do something
that makes sense but I had never heard it before. He said that before
you place the dressing on the wound cover it with one of the petroleum
jelly based three in one antibiotic creams.

This does two things, the most obvious it helps fight infections. The
petroleum jelly keeps the scabs soft and less likely to get stuck in the
bandage and pulled off. It works like a charm.