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They wrapped my finger splint up in what looks like an ace bandage but it sticks to itself. I think my Vet uses similar for my cats when he has to knock them out.
Basically, it's called "self-adhesive" bandage. It sticks to itself well but not your skin or a wound. It's flexible and resists water. Any local drug store, possibly a supermarket should carry it.
Basically, it's called "self-adhesive" bandage. It sticks to itself well but not your skin or a wound. It's flexible and resists water. Any local drug store, possibly a supermarket should carry it.
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Looked it up under that description, ordered a box, and we shall see.
They wrapped my finger splint up in what looks like an ace bandage but it sticks to itself. I think my Vet uses similar for my cats when he has to knock them out.
If you can't find it in the human section of the first aid aisle, Walmart sells the vet-wrap version in the livestock aisle.
You can also find it in the outdoor/sporting goods sections of big box stores, often referred to as self-adhesive "sports wrap." Self-adhesive is the key word.
While I keep some first aid-related supplies in a bathroom cabinet (bulk disinfectant, antibiotic ointment, bandage materials (including something suitable to stop more serious bleeding), basic sterilizable instruments such as scissors, forceps, etc.), I always have a portable first aid kit. If I'm working out of my car, in the garage, or away from the house I want a kit that's easy to grab as I walk out the door. What good will my first aid supplies do me if they're in a kitchen drawer but I'm nowhere near the kitchen? If you're someone with a known severe allergy the kit might include an epi pen, nitroglycerine or some other fast acting rescue med too. Whenever I happen to use something from the portable kit I re-stock it from the bathroom supplies. A habit you need to establish. A first aid kit doesn't need to be elaborate. The intent of the kit is, after all, first aid to help stabilize until you can get yourself to help, not brain surgery!
While I keep some first aid-related supplies in a bathroom cabinet (bulk disinfectant, antibiotic ointment, bandage materials (including something suitable to stop more serious bleeding), basic sterilizable instruments such as scissors, forceps, etc.), I always have a portable first aid kit. If I'm working out of my car, in the garage, or away from the house I want a kit that's easy to grab as I walk out the door. What good will my first aid supplies do me if they're in a kitchen drawer but I'm nowhere near the kitchen? If you're someone with a known severe allergy the kit might include an epi pen, nitroglycerine or some other fast acting rescue med too. Whenever I happen to use something from the portable kit I re-stock it from the bathroom supplies. A habit you need to establish. A first aid kit doesn't need to be elaborate. The intent of the kit is, after all, first aid to help stabilize until you can get yourself to help, not brain surgery!
I tend to have a lot of them. And, as said, I try to keep them up to date.
Curiously enough. the above, what is said above about first aid kits is what I also say about tool kits in that what good is the tool kit when it is locked behind the door you need to go through?
The "Vet Wrap" arrived and it is neat stuff! A lot easier to wrap around my finger brace than surgical tape. Handy, especially when you are one handed.
While I keep some first aid-related supplies in a bathroom cabinet (bulk disinfectant, antibiotic ointment, bandage materials (including something suitable to stop more serious bleeding), basic sterilizable instruments such as scissors, forceps, etc.), I always have a portable first aid kit. If I'm working out of my car, in the garage, or away from the house I want a kit that's easy to grab as I walk out the door. What good will my first aid supplies do me if they're in a kitchen drawer but I'm nowhere near the kitchen? If you're someone with a known severe allergy the kit might include an epi pen, nitroglycerine or some other fast acting rescue med too. Whenever I happen to use something from the portable kit I re-stock it from the bathroom supplies. A habit you need to establish. A first aid kit doesn't need to be elaborate. The intent of the kit is, after all, first aid to help stabilize until you can get yourself to help, not brain surgery!
Similar here - in the cars, bathrooms, garage and on the patio. If it is past my capability there is always 911.
They wrapped my finger splint up in what looks like an ace bandage but it sticks to itself. I think my Vet uses similar for my cats when he has to knock them out.
Vet Wrap or Coband.
I have used my first aid kit on myself when I was visiting my parents. I wasn't in great peril but I was bleeding a LOT, to the point my mom put a towel down on her front seat. I hosed the wound with hydrogen peroxide and put gauze on and then wrapped tight in coband. It stopped the bleeding. Then off to the urgent care for a tetanus shot.
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