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"Ken Fortenberry" wrote in message
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riverman wrote:
... Funny thing is that it never crossed
my mind to have a First Aid kit with me while I'm out on the water, ...

When I was a guide I was required to have one at all times and be
Red Cross certified to use it.


Ken, I didn't know you guided. What did you Guide, and where?

--riverman
(ex-Guide)

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Eastman 910 was the first super glue.
http://www.repairantiques.com/cyanoacrylates.html
It was being used for first aid and surgery in 1967.

"Lazarus Cooke" wrote in message
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I would add that a tube of "super glue" should be in all kits. This is
very handy for sealing annoying minor cuts or "new-skinning" blisters,
and could be a life-saver in the event of a major cut/wound. Make sure
to get the "dropper" type and not the "push pen" type. The kind I look
for is the stubby, round bottle with the screw-on cap.

didn't know this. Have you tried it? Does it work?

Lazarus

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In article , B J Conner
wrote:

It was being used for first aid and surgery in 1967.

Lazarus cringes with shame at his own ignorance of modern first-aid
techniques, but thanks those who have put him right

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From: "riverman"

My question: how many of us out there carry a small first aid kit in their
vest when they're fishing, or in their float tube? How many folks carry them
in their car instead, and how many don't carry anything at all?

I carry one in my car. The contents, to the best of my memory a
Several sizes and shapes of bandaids.
Large and small gauze pads.
Tape
Alcohol wipes
Anti bacterial ointment.
Merthiolate
Roll of gauze
Ace Bandage
Finger splint
Scissors
Tweezers
Latex gloves
Aspirin
Aleve
Immodium
There are probably a few more items that I have forgotten. Over the years, I've
used every item listed except the finger splint.


George Adams

"All good fishermen stay young until they die, for fishing is the only dream of
youth that doth not grow stale with age."
---- J.W Muller

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From: "riverman"

My question: how many of us out there carry a small first aid kit in their
vest when they're fishing, or in their float tube? How many folks carry them
in their car instead, and how many don't carry anything at all?

I carry one in my car. The contents, to the best of my memory a
Several sizes and shapes of bandaids.
Large and small gauze pads.
Tape
Alcohol wipes
Anti bacterial ointment.
Merthiolate
Roll of gauze
Ace Bandage
Finger splint
Scissors
Tweezers
Latex gloves
Aspirin
Aleve
Immodium
There are probably a few more items that I have forgotten. Over the years, I've
used every item listed except the finger splint.


George Adams

"All good fishermen stay young until they die, for fishing is the only dream of
youth that doth not grow stale with age."
---- J.W Muller

First Aid kits
 

From: irate (Dave LaCourse)
Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com
Newsgroups: rec.outdoors.fishing.fly
Date: 11 Jul 2004 18:04:47 GMT
Subject: First Aid kits


Quite well. But be careful on which brand you use. The first one I tried
(can't remember the brand) caused more pain than the cut on my thumb. It
sealed the wound, but hurt like hell. The one I now use is called Nexcare and
comes in a small bottle with a brush applicator. It is excellent for sealing
cracked skin (my thumbs) in the winter. *Don't*, however, use in on an
infected would.


Dave





I've gotta second this.... i bought some a year ago to use on my little
girl if it was ever necessary, adding to the rest of the stuff i have at
home.

a few months later, i tried it on myself, first time out of the box. i had
a little paper cut which bled well at the beginning but was more of an
inconvenience than anything else. i thought the stuff would seal it up
pretty good. well, it DID, but for the first half an hour after aplication,
it hurt more than anything i could recall. i immediately (after recovering
enough) sat my little girl down and showed her the blue box and the little
glass vial the stuff was package in and lectured her to NEVER allow anyone
to apply it to her, ever. i let a friend try it out a few weeks later
(somehow i hadn;t thrown it away). she really wanted to try it out on a cut
of hers and although i warned her, explaining how much it hurt me when i had
tried it, she said that women can tolerate more pain than men, and
immediately applied it. same result, tears from her eyes, hand waving,
trying to shake off the incredible pain...

i'm sure there's better stuff out there. hopefully the nexcare is better.
i'll have to look into it. i wish i knew the name of the stuff i had, but
it's been thrown away. if anybody wishes, i can try to find it again at my
local target. i'm sure i'll recognize the packaging.


eric
fresno, ca.

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From: irate (Dave LaCourse)
Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com
Newsgroups: rec.outdoors.fishing.fly
Date: 11 Jul 2004 18:04:47 GMT
Subject: First Aid kits


Quite well. But be careful on which brand you use. The first one I tried
(can't remember the brand) caused more pain than the cut on my thumb. It
sealed the wound, but hurt like hell. The one I now use is called Nexcare and
comes in a small bottle with a brush applicator. It is excellent for sealing
cracked skin (my thumbs) in the winter. *Don't*, however, use in on an
infected would.


Dave





I've gotta second this.... i bought some a year ago to use on my little
girl if it was ever necessary, adding to the rest of the stuff i have at
home.

a few months later, i tried it on myself, first time out of the box. i had
a little paper cut which bled well at the beginning but was more of an
inconvenience than anything else. i thought the stuff would seal it up
pretty good. well, it DID, but for the first half an hour after aplication,
it hurt more than anything i could recall. i immediately (after recovering
enough) sat my little girl down and showed her the blue box and the little
glass vial the stuff was package in and lectured her to NEVER allow anyone
to apply it to her, ever. i let a friend try it out a few weeks later
(somehow i hadn;t thrown it away). she really wanted to try it out on a cut
of hers and although i warned her, explaining how much it hurt me when i had
tried it, she said that women can tolerate more pain than men, and
immediately applied it. same result, tears from her eyes, hand waving,
trying to shake off the incredible pain...

i'm sure there's better stuff out there. hopefully the nexcare is better.
i'll have to look into it. i wish i knew the name of the stuff i had, but
it's been thrown away. if anybody wishes, i can try to find it again at my
local target. i'm sure i'll recognize the packaging.


eric
fresno, ca.

First Aid kits
 

Definitely not a case of ignorance. The instances I know of were by the
Army Medical Corps and may or may not have been in general medical use for
sometime after that. It was used to glue veins and arteries together among
other things.
One caution that should be made in using the stuff in first aid kits is
NEVER USE AROUND THE EYES. (that is not only my own precaution I have read
in other places, including super glue bottles). I know of one case where
a user rubbed his eyes and one of them got stuck open. In a first aid
setting getting your eyes glued closed could be a ****er. I don't know
what happens if you get it inside you eye but it's not good I'm sure.

The stuff was $27 (GSA price 1967) so it was not available for putting on
toilet seats, doorknobs or what ever people do with super glue.


"Lazarus Cooke" wrote in message
om...
In article , B J Conner
wrote:

It was being used for first aid and surgery in 1967.

Lazarus cringes with shame at his own ignorance of modern first-aid
techniques, but thanks those who have put him right

--
Remover the rock from the email address

First Aid kits
 

Definitely not a case of ignorance. The instances I know of were by the
Army Medical Corps and may or may not have been in general medical use for
sometime after that. It was used to glue veins and arteries together among
other things.
One caution that should be made in using the stuff in first aid kits is
NEVER USE AROUND THE EYES. (that is not only my own precaution I have read
in other places, including super glue bottles). I know of one case where
a user rubbed his eyes and one of them got stuck open. In a first aid
setting getting your eyes glued closed could be a ****er. I don't know
what happens if you get it inside you eye but it's not good I'm sure.

The stuff was $27 (GSA price 1967) so it was not available for putting on
toilet seats, doorknobs or what ever people do with super glue.


"Lazarus Cooke" wrote in message
om...
In article , B J Conner
wrote:

It was being used for first aid and surgery in 1967.

Lazarus cringes with shame at his own ignorance of modern first-aid
techniques, but thanks those who have put him right

--
Remover the rock from the email address

First Aid kits
 

Okay. Got a small one that I carry in my vest (a couple of 4X4s, some tape,
sinus tylenol, baby asprin, tissues and bandaids. All in a double ziplock)
I have a Swiss Army knife with scissors and tweezers. I try double duty
items (tissues are also toilet paper and compression bandage).
I've got a full size kit in my truck that is just short of including a bone
saw (swiss army knife can do this anyway). The only thing I don't have is a
splint, but I can make this out of newspaper or whatever.

--
Frank Reid
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