#45687 - 08/02/05 10:26 PM
what's the best band aid?
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Old Hand
Registered: 07/10/05
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what is the best type of band aid? Is it the fabric, waterproof, nylon, clear version, breathable etc.. There are so many fancy model out there. It's like different typs of import brands names. I am confused. what do you think of good one to add to survival kit ? <img src="/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />
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#45689 - 08/02/05 11:20 PM
Re: what's the best band aid?
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Stranger
Registered: 08/01/05
Posts: 11
Loc: NE Florida
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Don't forget liquid band aids. I have three grandkids and swear by the stuff.
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#45690 - 08/02/05 11:51 PM
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Registered: 09/19/03
Posts: 736
Loc: Montréal, Québec, Canada
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Check this out, I think it makes a lot of sense: http://www.equipped.org/medical.htm#AdhesiveBandagesIn Canada I buy Elastoplast by Beiersdorf Frankie
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#45691 - 08/03/05 12:12 AM
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Registered: 03/01/04
Posts: 478
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Duct tape fixes cheap bandaids. <img src="/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />
On a bit more serious note, I have had better luck with the Band-Aid brand. The Curad packaging seems to fall apart too easily.
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#45692 - 08/03/05 02:05 AM
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Registered: 08/28/04
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Loc: Maple Grove, MN
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Depends on where the wound is, how big it is, and whether it needs to be waterproof.
The ones I use the most are the 3/4 inch flexible fabric strips (pretty much any brand), and the smallest of the 3M "nexcare" waterproof bandages (the clear plastic ones). I keep a couple of each in my wallet.
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#45693 - 08/03/05 02:18 AM
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Registered: 06/19/05
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Loc: West Kentucky
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Also don't forget adhesive oval eye patch/band aid. You will also need a supply of oval gauze pads to cover the eye before the eye patch. And some sterile lubricant eye drops. Sorry, got a little off subject here but the patch would be welcome in case of eye injury. <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
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#45695 - 08/03/05 03:40 AM
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Registered: 06/19/05
Posts: 233
Loc: West Kentucky
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Good idea Todd. I have always heard that there are no nerves in your eyeball thus no pain. No one has explained to me why it hurts like hell sometime if you injure it or get a foreign object in it. Any optometrist should be able to tell you what they drop in your eye when they do that pressure test for glaucoma. As I mentioned in an earlier post, I keep a small but powerful magnet in my kit for removing superficial bits of magnetic particles which you may get in your eye. Of course, this wouldn't be recommended for imbedded metal. It is surprising how much metallic stuff is out there. Take a magnet and scratch around in a gravel driveway and you will be amazed at how much stuff attaches to it.
Anyone with an optometrist friend, ask him, or her, what they use to deaden the eyeball. Get the name and find out if it is prescription. Also what precautions, if any, should be used when dropping it into the eye. <img src="/images/graemlins/ooo.gif" alt="" />
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#45696 - 08/03/05 04:29 AM
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Journeyman
Registered: 01/22/02
Posts: 54
Loc: Raleigh, NC
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Wal-Mart is actually selling some duct tape band-aids. <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
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#45697 - 09/07/05 08:34 PM
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Most of the kendall cloth type i like the best-the adhexive seems to hold longer and the cloth flexability is a must
One note-the numbing eye drops are not a good idea- any time you have a foreign body the first thing is to make sure its fully removed, second those drops that anesthestize the eye are for examination only-any time the eye is numb you lose your ability to sense foreign objects-it could also cause you to rub your eye and do more corneal abrasion than you realized due to it being numb. ------just something to think about!
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#45698 - 09/08/05 04:52 AM
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Registered: 08/05/05
Posts: 101
Loc: Burbank, Illinois
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I had the same experience from doing some torching on a cars exhaust without (young and foolish then) safety glasses. Needless to say, I don't do that anymore. Course as blind as I am, I always have my safety glasses on now. I'm not sure (drops) what they used, kinda scared me. Felt like my eye would've fallen out if I tilted my head forward?
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#45699 - 09/08/05 05:50 AM
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Fig, speaking from intimate personal experience -- those drops you speak of don't make it go away. In the domain of organic thing, like thorns, they do not generally get fully imbedded, so the biggest irritant is the protruding part scratcheing againt the inside of your eyelid.
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