Lost a small piece of the tip of my left index finger last night using a chef's knife to open up a heavy plastic vacuum packed piece of fish. I felt like an idiot as we have a few pairs of kitchen shears and just didn't take 2 steps to open a drawer. It would not stop bleeding. Held pressure for 2 hours, still dripped blood. It wasn't very deep...just ~1/64" but ~1/4" in diameter so it sheared off a bunch of capillaries.
My wife had a similar incident a few months ago involving a rotary cutter cutting out quilting fabric pieces and we couldn't get her bleeding stopped after 2 hrs either. She ended up in an urgent care. They used a product called QR Powder and it stopped the bleeding instantly and gave her an extra pack just in case it started back.
Anyway...she poured this stuff on the oozing cut and it formed a hard scab (burnt like heck:swoon::swoon::swoon::swoon and no more bleeding.
We looked up the company after the excitement and they have a promotional deal for a 2-pack of the powder for $5.95. Here's the link:
http://www.biolife.com/index.html
Nice stuff to have in your first aid kit. Especially for everyone using sharp pieces of steel. Beats sitting in the ER for 4hrs. on a Saturday night:icon_thum
My wife had a similar incident a few months ago involving a rotary cutter cutting out quilting fabric pieces and we couldn't get her bleeding stopped after 2 hrs either. She ended up in an urgent care. They used a product called QR Powder and it stopped the bleeding instantly and gave her an extra pack just in case it started back.
Anyway...she poured this stuff on the oozing cut and it formed a hard scab (burnt like heck:swoon::swoon::swoon::swoon and no more bleeding.
We looked up the company after the excitement and they have a promotional deal for a 2-pack of the powder for $5.95. Here's the link:
http://www.biolife.com/index.html
Nice stuff to have in your first aid kit. Especially for everyone using sharp pieces of steel. Beats sitting in the ER for 4hrs. on a Saturday night:icon_thum