are you kidding me !!

[Magicman]

These are Homelite XL12 tracks.   
 


They got stitched.

[Taylortractornut]

Here  if you go to the hospital 2 things are about to happen.   Your just minorly injured, or your gonna die.   Da was having a light heart attack about 5 years ago.   I took him to the ER and we got a DR that  didnt speak English well not real good English.   He immediatley tried to send dad home saying it was indigestion without chhecking him out.   We hauled tail to Corinth  and  found out dad was having a heart attack.

Two years ago I  had a staph infection come up on my wrist from a  fiberglass  splinter.     I just showed up.  Went to the  family DR and  all I could get was a  Nurse Practioner.     She didnt have a clue they took a sample and reffered me to a specialist in Corinth.     I went there and got it lanced and meds.  THe next 3 days the NP called wanting me to come back so they could veiw it at my cost.    They cant even figure out the rules on giving a DOT physical. 

[doctorb]

The glue issue is interesting.  While I am sure superglue works, we use fibrin glue, which gets absorbed into to skin over time.  Many small lacs can be pulled together with steri-strips.  If too much tension is present at the wound edges, whether closed with glue or steri-strips, the wound will gap. In such cases, sutures are mandatory.

[Larry]

An emergency room physician wrote a article for Fine WoodWorking on how to put together and use a first aid kit meant for woodworkers.  Would work for the majority of us.  Some of the items in the kit were Steri-Strips, Corban tape, special bandages, and Super Glue.  I've used super glue before, but now I got instructions along with pictures from the article.

Cutting-Edge First Aid is the url.  Unfortunately it looks like ya have to pay something to read the article.  For us low tech guys it is issue 216 which came out maybe last December or so.

I was planing to put the kit together but forgot until this thread...got a second chance now.

We used to have a first aid kit for our fly in Canadian trips.  It was put together by a Doc to cover some pretty bad emergencies as we were completely on our own for a week.  Them fillet knives are dangerous and ya never know when you might hurt your finger pulling pop-tops.

[red oaks lumber]

update... got the bill from the emergeny room. any one want to guess how much? refresh everyones memory my son only needed 3 stichtes they didn't clean the wound or xray to see about concussion or any thing just 3 stitches . i was are you sitting down for this one...$978.82
 this is what is wrong with our country,  greed ,gouging ,bending over what ever you want to call it this stuff is killing our country and its citizens faster than any deaise or illness ever will.
 doctorb, i don't think you can explain this one in aany way that will make me believe that this is any thing other than i was robbed!

[beenthere]

Doesn't surprise me, in fact would have guessed more.

The amount of expensive paraphernalia that they roll out that is all disposable will add up in a hurry, plus the number of hours of Dr.'s, nurses, and other paper shufflers along with the reports that must be filed....all adds up in a hurry. Then add on the overhead of the ER, and then add on the overhead just from the patients who can't/won't pay anything. Almost makes the bill sound cheap.  I don't agree with it at all, but it is real.  
IMO, get rid of the suing lawyers (or reduce their take to less than 15% of any settlement) and the liability hanging over everyone's head, along with the Gov't requirements and the HMO's and the cost may come down. We are choking on our own spittle.

[DanG]

Don't get too excited about getting a bill for such a small amount, Red Oaks.  You ain't got the one from the Doctor yet.

[zopi]

With all the crap going on today...medical, politics, economy...costa rica and nicaragua are looking better all the time...

[shelbycharger400]

minor cuts less than a 1/4 in deep..   good ol 3/4 wide electrical tape!  done and done     i have a roll in my car ( in with my propane soldering iron..)
it sticks to itself wet or dry.  bandaids dont stick to my skin/ fall off, with exception to the rule , the 3m ducktape bandaids.

[POSTONLT40HD]

I'm afraid it's gonna get worse before it gets better. My son is 9 and I dread what he has to look forward to. Geeeee!