immediate first aid

[rary]

was out at the greenhouse, and cut my hand (again) and because it happens now and again it made me wonder what other Grapes do when this happens, myself I keep a 5lt. bottle of vinegar in the greenhouse, for disinfecting my knife, scissors and secateurs, and also to wash any cuts I may get, how do you treat any minor cuts.

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[Newt]

Oh this is a good idea for a thread.

Newt says, with zero first aid equipment in their shed and a realisation that they should probably do something about that.

[burnie]

I tend to just lick cuts, quite like the taste of blood(pity it's not Halloween tonite lol)

[Greenleaves]

Small first aid kit over the plot complete with a small pot of antiseptic cream. We also have clean running water.

[veggiechicken]

I walk into the house and wash the cut.
It would be quicker than trying to unscrew a bottle of vinegar with your teeth whilst pressing on your cut hand with the other hand.
When I had a plot, I kept plasters and basic stuff in the seed box that travelled around with me.

[Baldy]

I'm a trained first aider - used to be the case that I'd just be rolling you into the recovery position and awaiting the ambulance.

Last couple of training sessions would indicate that I'll be 4 or 5 hours on *site* without paramedics whilst applying tourniquets and packing very big stomach wounds.

This would be an higher education establishment in the middle of England rather than a North Devon allotment .(probably).

Ho hum.. life eh ? ;0

[Bren In Pots]

I'm a back garden grower so i'd just nip into the kitchen, I do carry a first aid box in the car, trailer tent, and my rucksack.

[seasprout]

I'm a trained first aider - used to be the case that I'd just be rolling you into the recovery position and awaiting the ambulance.

Last couple of training sessions would indicate that I'll be 4 or 5 hours on *site* without paramedics whilst applying tourniquets and packing very big stomach wounds.

This would be an higher education establishment in the middle of England rather than a North Devon allotment .(probably).

Ho hum.. life eh ? ;0

I recently did tourniquet training, it was supposed to be for catastrophic chainsaw accidents, but the trainer did indicate it was more aimed at serious crowd based incidents. Quite sobering, but very useful.

[greenishfing]

With a husband like mine I keep packs of the silver anti- bacterial plasters every where: at the allotment, at home and in the car. Also a full first aid box in the shed. Despite this we have still had a couple of trips to the doctors and A & E for stitches.

[rary]

I'm a back garden grower so i'd just nip into the kitchen, I do carry a first aid box in the car, trailer tent, and my rucksack.

I am a back garden grower also, but OH objects to me dropping blood everywhere, there was a time when I cut my hand quite badly and I went into the toilet to wash it out unfortunately some blood went down the pan just before my daughter who was expecting came in,dived into the toilet before I could go back in to clean up, well the panic that ensued between her and her mother,I don't think any of the two have forgiven me, and definitely no sympathy

[Small pumpkin]

First thing I do is produce a string of expletives. Then it depends on the cut and the job I'm doing. Sometimes I sort the cut, sometimes I finish the job I'm in the middle of first. Before finding the nearest plaster in the shed or house.

I remember cutting myself when I was playing at being a chef. A **** of a waitress had put a big commercial sized empty pickled onion jar in a bin bag. So when it came to the end of the shift and I was throwing bin bag up into the big wheelie bin the glass jar sliced my arm open. The boss went very pale when he saw it ( don't know what his problem was, it was my bl@@dy arm ). He gave me a lift to A&E, but he made me hang my arm out of the car all the way. So I didn't bleed on his BMW.

[Snoop Puss]

^^ Can't follow that!

My plot is at home. Usually I squeeze the cut a bit to make sure it bleeds good and proper to wash any dirt out. Then I press it hard in a clean bit of hanky. When it's stopped bleeding I decide whether to carry on as I was or whether I need to go and get Mr Snoop to give it some proper attention (iodine and a plaster). Usually, I just carry on - keeps the peace, stops me getting told off for being clumsy, saves me the walk back up and down the steps to the house...

[veggiechicken]

Bit of tangentisation - apologies
We were on holidays, snorkelling around and there was a swarm of little jellyfish that stung like crazy when they bumped into you. First aid, to counteract the sting, was to pee on it!
Bit difficult when its the top of your arm to do it yourself but there was usually a man around who could oblige
Wonder if that would work on a cut in the garden? Urine is sterile, I think!

EDIT - Just goggled this and it says its a myth and could make the sting worse! Fortunately, I was not the one who was stung by the jellyblabbers

[burnie]

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/jellyf...ngs/treatment/

[Bigmallly]

Masking tape, gaffer tape, duck tape, insulation tape...........there's a theme here.....................owt to add pressure & stem the blood flow.