Got Glue?

[InDy]

Krazy Glue for Your First Aid Supplies

http://selfrelianceadventures.blogsp...-supplies.html

I had a friend write with an idea for 72 hour kits or first aid kits. Her son fell about 9 feet out of a tree onto the cement edge of their pond and got a nasty gash by his eye and a concussion. After getting it all cleaned up and disinfected, a neighbor who also happens to be a nurse gave them some Krazy Glue to close the cut up.


Krazy Glue? Seriously. If you've ever gotten this stuff on your fingers, you know how well it sticks skin together. And the individual use tubes are perfect--you probably also know how well a big tube of Krazy Glue glues itself shut after one use. The nurse friend told them super glue was invented for the purpose of closing skin. Their son did have to take a trip to the doctor to get the concussion checked out, he's doing much better and the cut is reportedly healing nicely.

I know when we had our daughter fall and cut her chin, the emergency room glued it together. They probably used one of these mini tubes of Krazy Glue and charged us a fortune for it. Definitely would have been cheaper to do that one ourselves! It would be worth picking a few of these up and having them handy in your first aid kits or emergency kits.

How about you? Ever used a form of super glue to glue a wound shut?

[InDy]

Honestly, using Krazy glue for first-aid is something I have never thought of before....at least I don't think I have....lol.

Ahhhh....the many uses of super glue.......gotta love it.

[AZ Prepper]

I've used it on cuts. One thing that you need to be careful about... make sure you close the wound completely and use enough to keep it closed. You may need to reapply periodically to keep it closed. If you don't, and it opens up again, it's a pain to clean up. You'll have an open wound with the skin on both sides of the cut hard as a rock from the superglue and hinders the healing process because the skin doesn't close up right. But properly used, it can work well...

[InDy]

I've used it on cuts. One thing that you need to be careful about... make sure you close the wound completely and use enough to keep it closed. You may need to reapply periodically to keep it closed. If you don't, and it opens up again, it's a pain to clean up. You'll have an open wound with the skin on both sides of the cut hard as a rock from the superglue and hinders the healing process because the skin doesn't close up right. But properly used, it can work well...

Very good point.

[bonniewood]

A guy that used to live in our ward told me some time ago that the meds in the service have used it for years.

[WhiteWolf]

We have Super glue in our 72hour packs for this very purpose (and others of course), I was taught that the glue needs to be applied to each side of the wound and then the two sides are pushed together to seal it. And under no circumstances to squeeze the glue into the wound.

Regards

WW

[AZ Prepper]

I've done this both wrong and right in the past. When done wrong, it makes the wound very uncomfortable for longer than is needed. Like it's been said, make sure the wound is held closed and not released until the glue has closed. And then reapply daily as needed to keep it from coming apart. Because if it comes apart before it heals, you have two hard sides to an open tender wound. If kept together though, it is a great sealer.