Originally Posted By: NightHiker
Originally Posted By: Lono
Originally Posted By: NightHiker
3..... Safety Pins Add at least 3 more, make sure they're big enough to help close a laceration if necessary


Ouch - hold on! If we're talking immediate care there's no need to run safety pins through a wound, causing pain and and risking infection. And besides, there are better alternatives - pack a wound kit with steri-strips like this one, http://www.nols.edu/store/product.php?productid=16259&cat=256&bestseller. I guarantee that if you have to close a wound, the wounded person will thank you.


You're obviously not in touch with today's pierced and inked society wink

I'm thinking more along the lines of self-care and if Ive got a wound that's bad enough that I'm considering using safety pins to help keep it closed a couple of small puncture wounds are far from the top of my concern list. Personally I keep a couple of packets of 4-0 etilon sutures in my FAK but that's me. Safety pins are excellent multi-taskers anyway.


Whatever floats your boat I guess. If a wound is too big for steri-strips (and duct tape) then I hope to be transported to a hospital before I pull a Rambo to sew it up (which always seemed like a really cool movie scene to me). I would pack the wound with gauze before I attempt to close a wound that big.