Crazy Glue on wounds - wow!

[bunker]

My daughter went head first into the window ledge a few weeks ago. The Dr. in the emergency room superglued (dermabond) it shut. Worked great.

 

[fumbduck]

Originally posted by: bunker
My daughter went head first into the window ledge a few weeks ago. The Dr. in the emergency room superglued (dermabond) it shut. Worked great.

You sure you didn't help her into that ledge and then do it your self.. Dr. Bunker?!?!?!

 

[Cat13]

Originally posted by: Don_Vito
I remember a friend telling me that Super Glue was originally invented for this very purpose. I have no idea if this is true, however . . .

You are correct. It was developed for the Army so soldiers had a quick "repair" in the field.

 

[MadRat]

Originally posted by: BillGates
Question: What happens if your cut gets infected? It'll be buried under hard ass stuck-on superglue and oozing pus or blood or whatever. Don't even ask me to tell you my story regarding that "Second Skin" spray stuff and road rash from a motorcycle crash.

I covered that...

Originally posted by: MadRat
As a disclaimer I want to say not to ever get any crazy glue inside a wound, it should only be used superficially around the edges of the cut to keep the skin tightly held in place. After a few hours or days it will simply fall off and the wound should mostly be healed by then.

Crazy/Super Glues do not stay attached to wounds very long. They readily absorb liquids from the wound and it loses the tackiness in short order. Sometimes it will stay on a couple of days, but never permanent like the old wives tales.

 

[her209]

I use electrical tape for all my wounds.

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: digitalsm
5 years ago I used super glue on my cat to repair a cut on it. The cut was all the way through the first layer of skin, you could actually see a bone trying to poke through the remaining layer of skin(the cut was on his rear leg, near the upper joint). Worked prefectly.

How did the cat remain still for your ministrations?

Originally posted by: Brutuskend
My dog used to get cuts on his feet quite often (jerks braking bottles in the field behind the shop where I work) and I would super glue them closed. Works like a charm. Nice to know about the poison ivy thing though! THanks!

I would hope you had removed the shards of glass...?

 

[Pepsi90919]

I theorize that the body probably rejects the glue-touched skin and begins the natural healing process sooner.

uh ok dr. MadRat.

 

[MadRat]

Its likely either that or the silicon-sponge properties of the hardened glue.

 

[0roo0roo]

they've sold liquid bandaid in little bottles fora while now. it has antiseptic included

 

[ViperMagic]

Originally posted by: Rallispec

Originally posted by: hypersonic5
On the topic of super glue, I recently took out my heatsink, ripped out the tiny fan on it, and super glued a silent 80 MM fan on top. I'm ghetto like that, but now my temps are lower than ever.

And about the wound thing. Jesus, what if it gets in the blood by accident?

superglued the fan to the heat sink or to the processor?


i have an old computer laying around and the clips that hold the fan onto the processor broke-- i've been debating whether or not to just super glue it directly to the processor- but i'm afraid it wont work, and then i'll never get it off.

Do it! I had a 333 Celly running at 533, and the clip broke.. I superglued the hs to the cpu, and not only did it work, I could hit 566!

 

[idNut]

I've heard of people using duct tape as band aids. Now crazy glue...:Q

 

[cerebusPu]

dermabond is so ridiculously expensive. its about $1000+ for a little vial of purple stuff. we use it in the hospital for fixing arterial venous malformations.

 

[HappyPuppy]

I've been closing cuts with Band Aids since the '50's. Why would I want to use glue?

 

[jlee]

Originally posted by: HappyPuppy
I've been closing cuts with Band Aids since the '50's. Why would I want to use glue?

Band-aids don't hold the skin together -- they just cover it.

 

[focusyn]

super glue works great for wounds because it was originally developed by the US Goverment to be used as an on-field remedy for major cuts/gashes and open wounds during the vietnam war.

a lot of the explosives had pieces of shrapnel in it which cut up soldiers/victims up pretty bad (guts pouring out and such) so they used the super glue compound to slap the cut back together temporarily so they can be helicoptered back to the med station.

 

[HappyPuppy]

Originally posted by: CadetLee

Originally posted by: HappyPuppy
I've been closing cuts with Band Aids since the '50's. Why would I want to use glue?

Band-aids don't hold the skin together -- they just cover it.

Not true. Why do you think paramedics and doctors in EM's use butterfly bandages? Are you smarter than they are?

 

[Rallispec]

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: Rallispec

Originally posted by: ElFenix

thermal epoxy like... oh, arctic silver, should work

[mr. burns] excellent [/mr. burns]

i'll look that up now.

careful, AS2 and AS3 are not epoxies.

update!!

okay-- artic silver came in the mail today-- just glued everything up and powered up for the first time--- everything looks okay so far-- going to check the temp. after its been on for a few minutes.

thanks for the suggestions!