Very.. very nice kit jim!

I'll admit straight out that I fall in that catagory.. But at least never used scotch tape! A long time ago I had made a mistake with a knife and cut myself very deeply. Being something like 13 at the time and not wanting to tell my mother I used the "basic" pressure, cleaning methods and closed the wound.. Of course my mother came home, found out what happened and I went to the ER afterwards. They opened the wound back up, irrigated it and gave me a shot (didn't know last time I had tetanus shot) and stitched it back up.

If anybody can learn from this experience a wound can be closed using techniques pete described. My concern with
wounds like that is if they will hold.. If I had moved my arm, hand would normal closure strips have held.
But I understand now suture or otherwise closing wound wouldn't be an ideal solution in a non sterile enviroment and would just make things worse..