Peroxide acceptable to clean a minor wound?

[bjc112]

Hey all,

Was messing around tonight on a tree and slipped up and cut my self pretty good. The branch broke and I got caught up on some branches... Nothing that's very serious but i was wondering if peroxide would be the best thing to use on it.



:beer:

 

[ElFenix]

peroxide, some rubbing alcohol, water and neosporin... regular vaseline will stop minor bleeding just fine

 

[Eli]

Yes.

The only time you shouldn't use peroxide is for deep puncture or slash wounds, IIRC.

 

[DaveSimmons]

A little gunpowder and a match will cauterize the wound nicely. Much better than paying some fancy-pants doctor to "debride" and "irrigate" and other mumbo-jumbo like that! Here's a stick to bite down on . . .

 

[Zugzwang152]

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
A little gunpowder and a match will cauterize the wound nicely. Much better than paying some fancy-pants doctor to "debride" and "irrigate" and other mumbo-jumbo like that! Here's a stick to bite down on . . .

exactly. clean the wound by removing it completely from your body, thereby isolating yourself from infection AND those annoying heal times!

 

[bjc112]

I wouldn't go as far to say a slash wound but its in there nicely... (Well not nicely)

I'm preparing for the burn now..

 

[sandorski]

Peroxide is fine, but a saline(saltwater, not Ocean water) solution is better.