Re: [Paddlewise] Puncture wounds, was Re: broken paddles

B00jum! writes:
 > Bill Hansen writes:
 >  > Boojum writes...<recommended care for puncture wounds is sterile
 >  > water, preferably with some level of pressure >
 >  > 
 >  > What's used medically is sterile saline solution. Water is hypo-osmolar, and
 > 
 > Is that to say that sterile water is *very* osmotic, meaning it is
 > likely to permeate the tissues and thus dilute the existing (good)
 > fluid? 

oops - I read that as 'hyper-osmolar'.  Hypo, meaning 'less than'
would make steril water less osmotic.  

Bill - can you clarify?  I think I'm just confusing myself and
everyone else 8)


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