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Monkeys when gutshot with a blowgun dart trailing a red cloth strip will stop and try to stuff it back into the wound while the dart poison takes effect. Result: some Yamomani has MonkeeHelper for din-din that evening. Man recognized a hardwired response to trauma in the monkey and takes advantage of it for hunting.
My observation is that we have two "habits", one innate, the other learned.
LEARNED: Use a bandage that won't stick and pull off stuff when changed.
INNATE: Cover up blood.
Time and again I see these lead to two practices which make me "scroan"; namely, applying the biggest dressing which will cover right onto the wound and its associated blood, and using Telfa.
In my experience, Telfa does not promote clotting (in fact, it delays healing over the long run if used after the initial care), and the "combine" dressings like ABD/5X9's ( nonwoven thin fabric cover with shredded absorbent innards, identical to a sanitary napkin) absorb the blood so quickly that clotting is occurring in the dressing and not the wound where we want it. Also, this nice fluffy dressing can act as a cushion against dressing pressure to slow bleeding unless you roll it up and put it over another thinner one.
What infuriating dressing practices and freak dressings do you use or remember? Any "secrets" YOU have?
My observation is that we have two "habits", one innate, the other learned.
LEARNED: Use a bandage that won't stick and pull off stuff when changed.
INNATE: Cover up blood.
Time and again I see these lead to two practices which make me "scroan"; namely, applying the biggest dressing which will cover right onto the wound and its associated blood, and using Telfa.
In my experience, Telfa does not promote clotting (in fact, it delays healing over the long run if used after the initial care), and the "combine" dressings like ABD/5X9's ( nonwoven thin fabric cover with shredded absorbent innards, identical to a sanitary napkin) absorb the blood so quickly that clotting is occurring in the dressing and not the wound where we want it. Also, this nice fluffy dressing can act as a cushion against dressing pressure to slow bleeding unless you roll it up and put it over another thinner one.
What infuriating dressing practices and freak dressings do you use or remember? Any "secrets" YOU have?