My 2 year old daughter got a 1/2 inch deep cut on her forehead. Cost - $400. Treatment - Doctor applied superglue.
My 2 year old daughter later got a 1/2 inch deep cut on her cheek. Cost - $0. Treatment - I applied superglue.
Smart parent.
LOL. Dr. Mom.
NY Times??
Can hardly wait till they do an article about all inner city beatups, shootings, knifings, and how much they cost & who pays for them.
Not to mention Single Mothers whose children are paid for, and supported by the hospitals and by the various levels of government.
The only difference is that he didn't have one of those cool machines to take the cast off . . . so used a string saw. I had a strip of raw skin for a few weeks after.
LOL, beat me to it. We work around sheet metal in the xray business. A lot. We all carry superglue in our tool bags.
One bottle of magnesium citrate at the ER costs $500 to patient after insurance pays its part.
One bottle of magnesium citrate at Walmart costs $2.
We have been using Super Glue for wounds ever since a Navy Doctor friend did a tour in Nam. A group of us used to buy super glue and send it to him while he was in Nam, as the Navy didn’t approve it.
The only problem with Super Glue by itself doesn’t have an antibacterial agent and some Super Glue can really burn the skin area where/when applied.
Those problems have been eliminated with New Skin which is an over the counter Medical Super Glue with an antibacterial. It does sting the first couple of times, however it works better than stiches in most wounds. My wife is a life long RN and has handled many wounds with New Skin. Her limit is a cut or gash up to about 1” in length for the wounds.
I was introduced to this product by a MD over a decade ago. Like me he is a fly fisher. Our fingers can get cracks from just being in the water, or we accidentally hook our selves or get finned by a fish. When you wade in any stream or river, that means that you are downstream from humans and critters and whatever they deposit and leave in the water. Downstream infections can be potentially dangerous wounds re infections.
I carry a bottle in my wader pockets, in my fishing shirt or in a water proof bag on/in my kayak. We keep bottles in our vehicles, and my wife carries a bottle in her purse.
Some wounds can happen in nasty conditions like being downstream and other nasty areas like your backyard. A ER doc told me to pour Lipton Green Tea with Honey on the wound to wash it out before using the new skin. Both Green Tea and honey kill germs and will protect your damaged area.
This summer, I had a good size Striper get its revenge on me in our nasty local river. He jerked away as I was trying to use catch and release and get the hook out. I hooked myself in my left index finger. Then, he finned a couple of fingers on my right hand as he got away. I only fish with barbless hooks for easy catch and release of the fish and me.
I was fishing with my grandson, who was having too much fun for us to drive home. I waded back on shore, and washed my wounds with the green tea and honey. My grandson put the New Skin on my fingers. About 20 minutes later I was back fishing. The wounds healed in about a week, and I used the New Skin twice a day for about 3 days. After about a week, my wife and I were able to lift off the peeling New Skin, and my fingers were in good shape.
There is a new New Skin Product, a spray. It should be great for bicycle road rash and other abrasive accidents where you are not gashed but large areas of skin are scoured and abrased.
http://www.walmart.com/ip/New-Skin-Liquid-Bandage-Spray/14205870