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How do you know if you need stitches?
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KingNothing
Diamond Member
Bleeding cuts are bad
You should shuffle right away
To the hospital.
You should shuffle right away
To the hospital.
meltdown75
Lifer
pics?
btw :thumbsup: for the desk pwnage.
btw :thumbsup: for the desk pwnage.
meltdown75
Lifer
I went to emerg. after getting in a FIGHT (intarweb fight talk WOO WOO look at me i'm TOUGH woo woo!) and all I did was fall asleep with my wife in the waiting room. I left with the butterfly bandages and never got teh stitches 🙁
Now my eyebrow has a scar above it. 🙁 stupid punchy person.
Now my eyebrow has a scar above it. 🙁 stupid punchy person.
thirdlegstump
Banned
If you're a sissy boy who thinks a small cut is going to kill you then you'd know if you'd need stitches.
Seriously though, if it's a cut deep enough that it looks like it's obviously not going to heal by itself before you bleed to death, get stitches. Otherwise rinse it with salt water, clean it with alcohol and strap a piece of cloth real tight and wait a few days until it stops bleeding. That's how I dealt with a real nasty cut on my thumb awhile ago while working inside a computer case. It's perfectly fine now. (I was pushing out the drive bay covers and when it gave in, I pushed my thumb real good into the sharp edges of a cheap case with all of my body weight.)
Seriously though, if it's a cut deep enough that it looks like it's obviously not going to heal by itself before you bleed to death, get stitches. Otherwise rinse it with salt water, clean it with alcohol and strap a piece of cloth real tight and wait a few days until it stops bleeding. That's how I dealt with a real nasty cut on my thumb awhile ago while working inside a computer case. It's perfectly fine now. (I was pushing out the drive bay covers and when it gave in, I pushed my thumb real good into the sharp edges of a cheap case with all of my body weight.)
KingNothing
Diamond Member
If a tourniquet
Is not handy, just use your
Shuffle's headphone wires.
Wallydraigle
Banned
Close the wound with fire.
If it is a gaping wound longer than an inch then maybe get stiches.
But realize that even a small nick on the head will bleed like a SOB, lots of blood there.
Other wise tape will hold it together, duct tape.
teeheee, just kidding - nah there's topical tape/sutures/glue that will close the wound.
But realize that even a small nick on the head will bleed like a SOB, lots of blood there.
Other wise tape will hold it together, duct tape.
teeheee, just kidding - nah there's topical tape/sutures/glue that will close the wound.
GroundZero
Diamond Member
scalp wounds bleed like a bitch.
my general rule of thumb, is if I can't stop the bleeding or can see bones then I go get stiches.
my general rule of thumb, is if I can't stop the bleeding or can see bones then I go get stiches.
Had a big cut on my head from my surfboard in costa rica. In the US i would have gotten stitches ASAP, but in the region i was in, butterfly tape sufficed.