What do you have..........

[Cobbler]

Aye, and you NEVER owned up as to how you'd acquired said 'injury'.

Still don't!

 

[GW8IZR]

I keep a cheap pair of reading glasses in my kits, handy magnifiers that dont need extra hands. I also have a head torch in the one in the car as every time I've needed my kit its been dark.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Well, I've made a start. This is on the way - I went for a metal case [old] as all the modern ones are plastic and most clam-shell design. Too easy to drop/crack etc

 

[ajlelectronics]

BTW don't rub nothing on burns

Wrong! You should just cool the area and not apply anything to a burn.

 

[Robotstar5]

Wrong! You should just cool the area and not apply anything to a burn.

10 minutes under cool/lukewarm water, then if it's full thickness or larger than the palm of casualty's hand, cover with cling film (just cover, don't wrap) or a clean cloth (e.g. teatowel) and off to A&E.

 

[Kent]

Wrong! You should just cool the area and not apply anything to a burn.

Like a say. Had quite a few to say the least . They only dress if all the skin comes off with a special burn dressing to keep out infection. Cool with cold potable water then cool packs. In reality it goes in the quench bucket first because speed is most important

 

[gordon stephenson]

When I was working I was Our squad first aider, Had to have St John refresher courses every couple of years, Their teaching was that the burn (their technical term was a thermal assault to the skin) was to quench the area with cold water for as long as possible, up to help arriving, Even up to an hour, Don't know if this has been superseded since,

 

[Kent]

When I was working I was Our squad first aider, Had to have St John refresher courses every couple of years, Their teaching was that the burn (their technical term was a thermal assault to the skin) was to quench the area with cold water for as long as possible, up to help arriving, Even up to an hour, Don't know if this has been superseded since,

I had a reasonable bad one a few weeks ago. Treated at home. Palm o hand I actually managed to sleep through the night holding the cool pack sound asleep woke up in the morning still holding it (bit over the hour).

Yes quench. When my daughter (now 18 and off to med school) was just a baby she sprang off my knee onto her mum Sat the other end of the sofa with a freshly poured hot coffee. It went all over her wearing only a baby grow! Leaving her clothes on I ran her u derby the kitchen cold tap as she squirmed, my wife drenched a towel and we sped up to accident and emergency dept.(very cold night) Seen immediately and it Didn't even blister.

 

[indy4x]

I have 1 in the workshop and both cars.

The 1 in the Disco is quite comprehensive as I'm a member of 4x4 Response and that's the vehicle I use for call outs and event support

The other 2 are a collection of stuff I've picked up from Tesco, Wilkinsons, Asda, Boots etc

Recently did a basic 1st Aid session with the guys and part of it was a what do you have in your 1st Aid box. Took my 3 from the cars and workshop plus the 1 in the kitchen cupboard without checking any of them (on purpose) and the 1 from the kitchen cupboard was next to useless

 

[gordon stephenson]

Good news Kent, Just brought to mind another bad burn story, Over sixty years back my nine month old baby sister was on my mothers knee sitting in front of the coal fire, Loud crack as the coal burned, baby screamed, my mother thought it was the noise that had frightened her and cuddled her tight for comfort.Baby still screaming, my mother discovered when the coal/slag etc exploded a piece had got high between the babies thighs, and getting cuddled had trapped it between the legs, no wonder she made such a scream, Apparently took ages to heal, but all well in the end,

 

[slim_boy_fat]

and off to A&E.

That'll be 40 miles away......

and the 1 from the kitchen cupboard was next to useless

Was that because all the 'useful' stuff had been used, or the 'wrong' contents had been compiled?

 

[indy4x]

That'll be 40 miles away......



Was that because all the 'useful' stuff had been used, or the 'wrong' contents had been compiled?

It contained a couple of empty wrappers and a sissors, wife and daughter had been using it but not bothered to replace what was used

I deliberatly didn't look before the session with the team as I wanted a warts and all look at what can happen, I knew when I grabbed it from the cupboard that it was practically empty but made a really good example of what can happen if you don't check whats been used

 

[Dieselman 63]

I knew a lad who (age 3) found a pair of large scissors and cut through the tv cord, got blown back across the room and into an iron! That was a scar that didn't go away, but he was all right.

 

[Memmeddu]

Penso che sia meglio prevenire che curare

Spiacente ma il Traduco non può essere perfetto ma è meglio non injures

 

[mpats]

In the garage it's just whatever (reasonably clean) absorbent type thing is to hand then come inside to use the first aid kit.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

In the garage it's just whatever (reasonably clean) absorbent type thing is to hand then come inside to use the first aid kit.

Aye, but if I get anything, for example,in my eye [given that I only have 1.5 working ] speed is of the essence. And I live on my own so there's no-one there to help, it's all down to me.

 

[mpats]

A bottle of eye wash is actually a pretty good idea. I'm fairly hot on wearing eye protection to try to avoid damage to sight, but I would have to come inside to get soemthing to wash them out with. Might remedy that to be fair.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

I'm fairly hot on wearing eye protection to try to avoid damage to sight,

Aye, me too also - but if something wormed its way past the glasses I'd be snookered if permanent impairment resulted. Wouldn't be able to type, watch TV, get on the interweb, or worst of all, read or drive. That'd be the end for me......

 

[Paul G]

Mirror mirror on the wall,
What's the most important thing of all.
With light above & wash beside,
No nasty grit will ever hide.


Paul G

 

[fizzy]

Aye, me too also - but if something wormed its way past the glasses I'd be snookered if permanent impairment resulted. Wouldn't be able to type, watch TV, get on the interweb, or worst of all, read or drive. That'd be the end for me......

When I used to work on computers I was asked if I could help a most remarkable old gent.
He was totally blind and yet had a braille keyboard and I set up dragon voice for him along with some software from the RNIB. He was writing his memoirs and he was incredible on the computer.
He had been a journalist most of his life. His office walls were covered with photos of himself and the people he had met.
Margaret Thatcher
The Apollo astronauts
SR71 crews
Henry Kissenger
Ronald Reagan
Mohammed Ali
and so many more.
He had been a foreign war correspondent with a major paper and covered things like the Yom Kippur and the Suez crisis up to modern day.
A true gentleman and a privilege to meet. Still going strong at 90 and blind!