Mike Marlow wrote:
Hmmmmm... never heard of that. Not suggesting it's wrong, but in all of my
emergency medical training we had always been told not to use ice directly -
no mention of salt.

Absolutely correct. Packing it in ice is VERY bad, just as it
would be if the finger was still attached. Putting it in water,
sal****er is better, keeps the tissues from drying out, icing the
water keeps the tissues from decomposing and decreases the O2
requirements. Salt alone is bad, ice alone is bad, cold
sal****er, and remember the OP said to make it basically a normal
saline solution (not his exact words), is good.

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