They are pretty damned expensive. ($30 for just one... )
I was looking because I take a blood thinner, and thought it would be a good addition to me first aid kit. But at the price one of those costs, I think I can manage without it.
Practical? yes, an improvement on steri strips perhaps. The potential exists for those untrained in wound prep and closure to make things worse. For the trained they appear to be handy.
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Stab them in the taint, you can't put a tourniquet on that. Craig Douglas ECQC
about 30 years ago i had a surgery to remove a pilonidal cyst and the surgeon did not sucher the cut ( about 2 inches wide and an inch deep ) . he said that the only way to prevent infections . it was painful but worked.
Check with Jeffers ag and animal catalog, you can pick up a sterile packaged staple gun for 20 something bucks, comes loaded with 50 staples I think?, I keep one in the truck, for dog or human.
That could work. But anywhere it can work steri-strips can work at less cost, much less. An open would in need of closure is typically a messy proposition, almost by definition a prescription for a regular suture.
I can see those needing a fair amount of practice to get right. Apply a little cockeyed and you'll not close both ends of a wound equally (not necessarily a bad thing). In a messy wound getting good adhesion won't be as easy as it looks. In a messy wound pulling the cross ties will not be so easy to accomplish correctly and there is no backup of the ties, the ties must be cut and then the bases must be removed before a new $30 unit can be applied. That can be aggravated when you need multiple units.
It looks like n interesting idea in search of an application to me, but that application doesn't look like a real good fit for wound closure.
As others have pointed out, there are other proven means of closing a cut in the field. That they are cheaper and likely easier to apply are other factors in their favor.
I see this to be much like the LMA airway that we were forced to use before switching to King airways. The LMAs worked well in a well lit, well staffed, clean surgical suite where the patient did not have to be moved but in the field where lighting is bad, patients aren't clean, and they have to be moved from often cramped positions, these devices failed miserably. This device reminds me of that.
Check with Jeffers ag and animal catalog, you can pick up a sterile packaged staple gun for 20 something bucks, comes loaded with 50 staples I think?, I keep one in the truck, for dog or human.
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Here's how to use it. Hoping I never run into that scenario but as I get older I get wiser. Plus I elk hunt solo sometimes.
We pray our sights be straight and our aim be true We pray for no pain to the game we pursue We thank you Lord for this land We thank you for the sights from our stands We pray for safety, one and all We pray we may return next fall
For emergency medical care in the field getting the bleeding slowed or stopped is most important. Quick clot might be a better choice for someone on blood thinner than zip stitches. Typically something like zip stitches, steri strips, staples or stitches would be something the attending ER doc would do after cleaning and disinfecting the wound, it’s not something we’d do in the field.
Talk to your doctor about quick clot sponges. Steri strips would be my choice for self care. For typical lacerations that haven’t damaged larger vessels all stitches really do is create a cleaner closure for less scarring.
Stop the bleeding, clean the wound well and secure the laceration with super glue or steri strips and cover that with a bandage for protection.
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Here's how to use it. Hoping I never run into that scenario but as I get older I get wiser. Plus I elk hunt solo sometimes.
if you hunt elk solo , what do you do if you shoot an elk , how do you carry it back ?
On a pack rack and atv.
We pray our sights be straight and our aim be true We pray for no pain to the game we pursue We thank you Lord for this land We thank you for the sights from our stands We pray for safety, one and all We pray we may return next fall
