first aid

[woodbutcher]

hi all

every one knows of the workshop accidents that happen ranging from the annoying little splinter to the larger and more painful type of accidents,

what provision do you all have to hand in your workshop's for these events and are any of you trained to deal with it?

what would you think is the right kit in the event, for a standard workshop?



woodbutcher

 

[tonybaloni]

A good first aid kit - and because I work alone I always, and I mean always have a mobile phone in my pocket. I figure I can always make a phone call before I bleed to death.

Tony

 

[davy_owen_88]

I have a bottle of antibacterial handwash for those little cuts and scrapes. A box of plasters so I don't get blood on the piece I'm working on after those cuts and scrapes and a telephone in the workshop for anything worse.

 

[Fizzy]

Here in N.Ireland Lidl just had an offer selling a good 1st aid kit for £4.99 so keep a lookout for it coming to your stores soon. I know that the N.Ireland range in store mostly differs to the stuff from London but what goes around comes around.
It really is a good kit so keep looking

 

[Russell]

I have a first aid kit I carry a mobile and I also have an eye wash kit even though I always wear safety goggles. I learnt in a chemistry lab how important eye wash was when someone let fly with some iron filings

 

[Scrit]

Standard First Aid kit with the addition of the following:

Saline eye wash
Spray-on plaster (for minor nicks)
Extra larger sized bandages (because kits never sem to have the big ones)
TCP
Savlon (burn cream)
Small scissors
Magnifier
Tweezers
Finger stalls (2 off)
Elastoplast tape
Small mirror (useful for stuff in the eyes)

as all of these have proven useful extras over the years

Scrit

 

[PowerTool]

Standard First Aid kit,with more stuff in the house,and mobile phone (even though the house is only 3 metres away)

Andrew

 

[Roger]

Full First Aid Guide - read many times so it becomes second nature .....
GOOD First Aid Kit with all of Scrit's list - and more of it!
Eye Wash station
Three Fire Extinguishers
Fire Bucket
Fire Blanket
Two Mobile Phones
Several 'nasty' looking photographs on the wall!
Fridge with ice always available
Several clean containers, should the worst happen
Map with directions to the nearest Surgery and Hospital.

 

[promhandicam]

I don't (at present) have a first aid kit in the workshop as it is adjacent to the house. The only thing I do have and which does work very well (from experience) is masking tape. I guess that micropore is the sterile equivalent but as a quick fix even where stitches may be necessary masking tape is the best.

Steve

 

[RogerS]

I was going to ask this question and then found this thread (surprisingly short) ....

So the title says it all, really.

Ice box to keep the severed bits in?

Seriously, though. All I can think of is some plasters to stop blood from any nicks marring the timber, wound closure strips, eye bath, and a seriously large absorbent wound dressing to stick on it while en route to A&E.

 

[DeepBlue]

Since I nearly lost a finger while attempting to use a mitre saw like a moron, I've stepped up my first aid.

I've got a first aid kit within easy reach with all of scrits gear. Its the sort which has a bracket which attaches to the wall, so you can just open it with a single (possibly only remaining) hand. I prefer this type rather than the ones which are zipped up, which I can only imagine would be a nightmare trying to open while you're gushing claret all over the place.

Also, a fire extinguisher and mobile phone are essential. Oh and an un-squeamish LOML within dashing distance.

 

[Anonymous]

The woodworker (built rabbit hutches) who had my workshop before me died. He worked alone and had a lethal heart-attack in the workshop. He wasn`t discovered for 36 hrs.
When the doctor told me I have a heart problem he told me I would have to get someone to work with me or give up the wkshop as it is a bit remote. No chance, so my misses phones me every hour to say she loves me and checks I am O.K
Cutting a finger is to be expected, beware the not so obvious !!

Koolwabbit

 

[wizer]

This is something I keep telling myself to sort out. Tho I tend to think that if anything serious happens while I am working alone then a first aid box won't help me much. When I routed my finger, I wrapped it in a tea towel and drove myself to A&E. In retrospect I should have phoned an ambulance but I didn't think it was all that serious until I got there and fainted :roll: :lol: One thing I really must get is those sachets of powder that clot heavy wounds, such as to the femoral artery. That's a life and death decider.

 

[wizer]

my misses phones me every hour

That would drive me crazy. A better option would be a mobile phone in your back pocket with a speed dial. Anyone you know who pics up the phone without anyone speaking on the other end knows there's a problem.

 

[DeepBlue]

One thing I really must get is those sachets of powder that clot heavy wounds, such as to the femoral artery. That's a life and death decider.

A few weeks ago I was perusing some online stores looking for a good deal on a chainsaw. One place was giving away a free sachet of celox coagulating powder with every chainsaw, which make me thing twice about buying one :shock:.

Having said the powder is still a really good idea, apparently the American military are keen on it so they must do the trick, and as you say it's a life or death moment.

 

[RogerS]

Where can you buy Celox in the UK? Google isn't being much help.

 

[DeepBlue]

Where can you buy Celox in the UK? Google isn't being much help.

This was the place:

http://www.chainsawspecialists.co.uk/acatalog/Safety_products.html

 

[gasman]

Speaking as a doc, if you are bleeding to death from a femoral arterial injury Celox powder is not going to stop it - not least of which by the time you have found the packet, opened it (requiring 2 hands) and applied the powder you would probably have passed the point of no return. Any significant vascular injury requires IMMEDIATE, DIRECT PRESSURE until help arrives - you can use a mobile one handed and still apply pressure with the other hand
One very useful thing to keep available is superglue - apply directly to a cut and it will stop the bleeding and is as good as stitches

 

[RogerS]

Speaking as a doc, if you are bleeding to death from a femoral arterial injury Celox powder is not going to stop it - not least of which by the time you have found the packet, opened it (requiring 2 hands) and applied the powder you would probably have passed the point of no return. Any significant vascular injury requires IMMEDIATE, DIRECT PRESSURE until help arrives - you can use a mobile one handed and still apply pressure with the other hand
One very useful thing to keep available is superglue - apply directly to a cut and it will stop the bleeding and is as good as stitches

Would Celox not help if applied underneath some sort of dressing pad held under pressure?

 

[DeepBlue]

Speaking as a doc, if you are bleeding to death from a femoral arterial injury Celox powder is not going to stop it

It's interesting to hear the opinion of a proper medial professional - by the sounds of things, this renders it totally useless. As I understood the marketing blurb, it was intended specifically for things too serious for a simple dressing. Maybe I'll just make sure my first aid kit is properly stocked and not worry.

Are there any cases where it would be the most appropriate treatment (assuming that finding and opening it is no worse than finding and opening a dressing)?