On Thu, 10 Aug 2000, B00jum! wrote: > Dave Seng writes: > > <snip> > > high. Puncture wounds by their very nature of being "closed" are > > probably more susceptible to this than other cuts. If this is true what > > is the best recommendation for "irrigating" a puncture wound with some > > type of antibiotic or disinfectant? > > hmm... My understanding of wound care is that antibiotics or > disinfectants kill things, including the good stuff in your blood and > so should only be used for external cleansing. If someone can > confirm, I beleive the recommended care for puncture wounds is sterile > water, preferably with some level of pressure (some med kits have a > plastic syringe for irrigating). correct, they went through a LOT of water, pushed through a syringe [this was at the ER] before they sewed me back together... pictures [not graphic] and original post available at: http://www.dotzen.org/paddler/cpr/accident.html by the way, this was NOT the issue ;-) mark -- #-canoeist[at]dotzen[dot]org------------------------------------------- mark zen o, o__ o_/| o_. po box 474 </ [\/ [__| [__\ ft. lupton, co 80621-0474 (`-/-------/----') (`----|-------\-') #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~ http://www.dotzen.org/paddler [index to club websites i administer] ---- A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner. -- English Proverb *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Aug 10 2000 - 11:40:16 PDT
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