What's in your first aid arsenal?

[jimmy rivers]

After my finger fell out with the trimming router (new baby sleep deprivation, cause I'm usually perfect - yeah right! - It's the third time my fingers have played HI 5 with a router!) ... I reached for my old friend HYPAFIX. I thought I'd share as this stuff is brilliant for veneering fleshy bits back on. It's a sticky-back, breathable, stretchy, water-resistant, butterfly stitch like stuff. It can be cut into strips or patches and slipped into a wallet for those special times.

Anyone else got any essentials they keep in their first aid arsenal? (hammer)

Cheers Jim

 

[marcros]

superglue

 

[jimmy rivers]

superglue

Spray activator?

 

[MMUK]

Superglue, savlon and gin

 

[Zeddedhed]

Duct tape works well for when the chisel skips and stabs your hand.
Mitre Bond normally holds up until you get seen at A&E.
A (rather eccentric) friend of mine insists on pissing on every scratch and cut he gets at work - he's a lumberjack so gets cut quite often. And he stinks like a car-park stairwell

 

[JakeS]

And he stinks like a car-park stairwell

But is he OK?

 

[sunnybob]

Urine is sterile, so its a good way of cooling a burn immediately for example if theres no water or ice available. And it could wash away foreign bodies from a cut (depending on the amount of lager consumed the previous evening), but its not antiseptic. It wont stop his finger getting infected if the splinter is deep.

 

[niagra]

 

[Alexam]

I always have Micropore tape to hand. The small size 12.5mm is very useful, but I do have some wider tape available. We also have a box of normal plastets of various sizes. The Micropore trape will hold far better than normal plasters and when there is a wide cut, several layers can stay on for days.

 

[SteveF]

ca ,duct tape ,tissue ,self amalgamating tape

Steve

 

[Flynnwood]

Optrex Eyewash ...

 

[gasman]

urine is sterile in the bladder... but your urethra has its own flora and fauna so not strictly true however unlikely to be any nasties

 

[whiskywill]

Kitchen roll and masking tape.

 

[No skills]

Masking tape, and yes I have done a first aid course.

 

[lanemaux]

To tell the truth , I'm not really sure what's in the kit since my wife took it over. When my health annoyances started a few years back she took it on herself to "look after" me. When I attempt to use a dangerous item like a butter knife or a shoe horn she posts herself just out of reach and offers to help if needed. The basement shop was a bit of a bone of contention til I pointed out that if she tried to stop me going down the stairs , we would probably both fall, and if she did not let go of my chisel , one of us was almost certain to get cut. Before I got all delicate , if I fell down the stairs carrying a dozen knives , she would ask me to " hold it down please , I'm watching television". But now that she has read all the side affects of my cancer meds (and researched them thoroughly on the internet) I don't need to worry about first aid kits. I need to worry if she is checking prices on portable defibrillators!!!

 

[DennisCA]

Cauterization tools, kept in a large wooden coffin, which is option #2