Handsaws, Plavix & Asprin (semi-gore warning)

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6 teeth on my corona saw came down square on my patella the other day leaving small puncture wounds, very small puncture wounds in fact.

But thanX to modern medicine I bled like a stuck pig. Ended up putting a pressure bandage on it to get it to stop.

Looks far worse than it actually is.

Just made me glad I didn't drag the saw across the leg.

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good thing you were wearing white, so we can see all the blood loss.. Heal well, and hope it isn't nearly as bad as it looks.
 
Nice Rick! Little holes but as deep as the teeth no doubt. Hand saws are ridiculously dangerous.

I hacked into my left index finger right on the knuckle last week with a Samurai. It bled and bled and wouldn't stop, I bled all over that beech tree, my rope, my pants and the boardwalk below me. I don't think I bled that much when I kissed my knee with a 200T. Now I have no sensation on the top of that finger at all but it still ranges OK.

Finally, after bleeding for five minutes and trying to finish... cuz I was almost finished, I pulled out my cheapo blood stopper from REI, saving my Celox for a more serious incident... it didn't work worth a damn. Didn't stop the bleeding, got hot as hell and then tore open because it was so saturated. What a waste of money. Do yourself a favor and get real Celox and not the knock offs. You can get 2g Celox ampules for small wounds now.
 
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I pulled out my cheapo blood stopper from REI, saving my Celox for a more serious incident... it didn't work worth a damn. Didn't stop the bleeding, got hot as hell and then tore open because it was so saturated. What a waste of money. Do yourself a favor and get real Celox and not the knock offs. You can get 2g Celox ampules for small wounds now.

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I'm carrying the quick clot sponges for the big stuff but haven't found anything for the small stuff.

I'd be interested in seeing the smaller celox product...gotta link?

I've also seen some "bandaid" type units that are blood stoppers but at over a buck-fifty a piece they seem damned expensive.

I would have used 4 of them to cover this wound (which btw is exactly as Blinky guessed. 6 tiny holes as deep as the tooth.)

Up until this incident I thought extended pressure would suffice but now I am rethinking that. The blood loss was truly minimal but the "image" that leg gave was not something I need to wave around for my customers to see.
 
Here you are my good man... a link. The 2g packs are the ticket for small wounds.

Quickclot has improved a lot with the sponge version but the way I understand it, you have to pack the sponge into the wound for it to work well. The benefit being that you remain ambulatory. Celox is granular and you pour it into the wound... the down side being, if you're moving some of it can pour back out.
It was an older version of Quickclot (sold at REI, I noticed last weekend they don't stock it anymore) that exothermed enough to leave a burn yet failed to stop the bleeding from my finger. If you have the old, non-sponge version of Quickclot you should ditch it for the newer sponge variety or another hemostatic... one that doesn't give you second degree burns.

Celox has a new gauze product that may be useful for climbers but I just read about it this AM.
 
This is a wake up call for me. Since haviing a heart attack in March I've been on aspirin and blood thinners. The smallest scratch can generate a LOT of blood. So far, touch wood, nothing critcal but very messy.

When I get home, I'm visiting Oakwilt for
the weekend, I'll order bloodstoppers.
 
Hey Rick,
I agree,Plavix is as much a pain as it is a plus. I nicked the back of my hand today on a climb and it bled like a hog. Time was when nicks like that would not hardly nleed at all. Getting old sucks, but I really don't want the alternative. Just got word from my Dr. last week that my latest bloodwork numbers are excellent.
 
Tom, glad you are still with us. Didn't know you joined the broken hearts club!

I have had 4 so far due to very, very bad genes and there has been no predictability to them even when monitoring blood numbers and stress tests. Unfortunately my wife and I have to operate on the "when" the next one happens rather than "if" one happens.

I've been on Plavix and asprin since 1998 and the amount I bleed is unreal. I was working with Guy M several years back and nicked my knuckle. With all the blood spots on the ground you'd have thunk I slaughtered a pig in that tree!

Last fall I caught myself on a chainsaw tooth. My lead climber asked if he should make the call, I sad no, just a small cut.

He replied, "I meant to the hunter safety instructors. You run through the woods and they can bring the kids in to practice following a blood trail!"
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P&A are also why I don't shave so much anymore. Little nicks go on for hours.

Anyhoo, glad you are still with us.
 
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