Dressing for big scrapes

[Turbo Rider]

I believe boosters aren't done any more, do you know if they just they re-imunise on a case by case basis like this one, or is the standard jab system enough for a lifetime now (not that the OP sought medical help).

Not sure. I sliced my hand open around 5 years ago though and they made me have a jab, because I hadn't had one since I was in primary school and couldn't confirm the date.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

When did you last have a tetanus injection? Make sure you're topped up.

Last time I was in A&E they told me I had had enough tetanus jabs to last me two lifetimes.

 

[Turbo Rider]

Last time I was in A&E they told me I had had enough tetanus jabs to last me two lifetimes.

Ha, ha. I must have met one of those trigger happy types then! She gave me butterfly stitches too and they fell apart, so I had to go back in to get proper stitches, so she may have just been on day release and wandered into a uniform.

 

[Tin Pot]

Ah! St Anton explain £61 for plasters...

Not there yet, this is London prices

 

[Tin Pot]

Hydrocolloid dressing. Best stuff. Had these with a shoulder operation, weren't arround when I left a 6" square patch of my butt on the Cat and Fiddle.

So long as the wound is clean, dress it. It will weap a bit. I'm not a fan of A&E as too many folk go off there with minor injuries, and road rash is just that.

Yeah apparently I should be more worried about head injuries but I can't recall if there was a big hit. I remember the sound of the helmet scraping on the floor but the helmet looks okay.

 

[roadrash]

Hydrocolloid dressing. Best stuff. Had these with a shoulder operation, weren't arround when I left a 6" square patch of my butt on the Cat and Fiddle.

So long as the wound is clean, dress it. It will weap a bit. I'm not a fan of A&E as too many folk go off there with minor injuries, and road rash is just that.

well.............ive been called some things but................

 

[Wobbly John]

When I slid off on a diesel spill (on a damp road, on a corner while time trialling), I had an area the size of the palm of my hand that looked like raw steak. I just cleaned it and used one of the transparent film dressings. They can be worn for up to a week, are breathable, waterproof and do not let in infection - it worked very well.

The worst bit was shaving the wound free of hairs so that the dressing stuck properly.

 

[windyrider]

You'll need to let it breath aswell so once you have got a bit scabby remember to remove the dressings when its convenient and let the air get to them . Otherwise you will get maggots and gangrene and smell like old people .

Hang on a minute, maggots and gangrene is one thing but smell like old people!!!!!, I'm old people and at the moment I'm smelling of Ralph Lauren I will have you know !!!

 

[ufkacbln]

Hang on a minute, maggots and gangrene is one thing but smell like old people!!!!!, I'm old people and at the moment I'm smelling of Ralph Lauren I will have you know !!!

But Ralph Lauren is old!

 

[Cuchilo]

Masking the smell of wee only works for a few weeks . After that you just smell of wee and Ralf Lauren .

 

[Gravity Aided]

Maggots eat only the dead skin. They use laboratory raised maggots to remove dead and gangrenous skin at times.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maggot_therapy
As @Tin Pot said.
I believe this, and penicillin, we learned from you all.

 

[I like Skol]

I suppose it's a case of HTFU...

Yes.

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Gws @Tin Pot!
Seems Mrs Tin Pot has it under control, Did she give yo a telling off?

 

[classic33]

You'll need to let it breath aswell so once you have got a bit scabby remember to remove the dressings when its convenient and let the air get to them . Otherwise you will get maggots and gangrene and smell like old people .

Maggots would actually clean the wound.

 

[ufkacbln]

Maggots would actually clean the wound.

... and if you are a fisherman, you have your own handy supply!