jmiller676
Master
Last night around 4 pm my Father calls me up and asks when I am getting off work I said about half an hour, what's up? He informed me while working in his shop he sliced open his palm with a razor knife. Said he had his suture kit and asked when I clocked out I could come over and stitch him up. We only had enough nylon for 3 stitches in a wound that needed 5-7. I first washed with hot water and soap and rinsed with alcohol to sterilize my hands and patted dry with paper towels as did he. After an hour everything was all stitched up and we kept the wound sterilized and all the tools we used. Keep in mind this cut is about 1/2" deep into the meat of his palm. If it does not get infected were golden if it does hes off to the ER. Not knowing what to get him for Christmas this year I just ordered him a survival first aid kit with everything we should need. Just wanting to keep everybody up to date on their emergency aid kits. Suture kits, needles, alcohol wipes, quick clot, etc. You never know when you may need to stop a traumatic injury from bleeding until you can get to the ER or your own stitches to save a couple hundred bucks.