Be careful out there!

[roadnotca]

tetanus shot

Even if you can't see any rust within 10 miles.

 

[BadDog]

What is this "rust" you speak of? I seem to remember someone mentioning it once uppon a time, but haven't seen any in years. Yeah, but it's a "dry heat"...

Hmm, maybe an episode of "myth busters" is in order?

 

[roadnotca]

What is this "rust" you speak of? I seem to remember someone mentioning it once uppon a time, but haven't seen any in years. Yeah, but it's a "dry heat"...

Hmm, maybe an episode of "myth busters" is in order?

We're not afraid of a little needle are we? Seriously, myth or not, Hospital poked one in me when I went in to get sewed-up. Its like one last pat on the pockets to make sure you left the knife at home, before you approach the metal detector, way too easy not to do.

 

[BadDog]

I hate those things, but no, not afraid at all. I've been "poked" so many times I have no idea what large number to even guess at. Now those darned large bore plastic sleeve IV needles, THOSE I'm afraid of! I would rather shove a broken toothpick or ice pick into my arm!

The "myth" I speak of is the association of tetanus with cuts fromn "rusty metal", and combined with a joke about no rust in AZ. I thought that was what you were talking about.

 

[BranndonC]

you cheated! ha, I wanted to put you through some pain. O well. Nice cut, I explained to my wife about the ck5er who cut his finger and how bad, she was grosed out. Thanks for helping me grose out my wife, lol

 

[roadnotca]

CK5----The Monster Site!

 

[CK5]

Damn Dude! If it makes you feel better, I stubbed my toe a few days ago, hurt like hell for almost a minute.
I would still see a Doc though.

 

[ntsqd]

So there I was out in the garage today working on the desert racer's centerlink from Hell. Got the bandsaw out and I'm cutting out small pieces of 3/16" CR. In the middle of one I realized "oh, that's a 'Russ', better figure out a different way to hold that!"

Thanks dude!!!!

 

[rdn2blazer]

I played with my horizontal band saw all day today cutting parts for my bearing race tool and yes I thought about Russ's finger pic several times today, lol.

 

[ntsqd]

Nothing like a grisly image to keep yourfingers out of harm's way!

 

[3 on the tree]

Saw blades can hurt you without even touching you!
A few years back, I was ripping down a 5 foot length of glue lam on a table saw. About half way thru the cut, the board kicked back and nailed me square in the middle of the chest. Yeah, it hurt like hell, but I kept on working the rest of the day. I did tell the foreman about it. The next day it did not hurt as bad, so I figured all is well.
Morning 2 I woke up and hurt so bad I could barely get out of bed. My wife took me to the doctor. After X rays, the doc told me I had 3 ribs knocked loose from my breast bone! The reason it hurt so bad now was because all the swelling had gone down, and the rib ends were free to wiggle around.
Can't count how many guys I have seen shoot themselves with a nailgun.

 

[ntsqd]

snip.....
Can't count how many guys I have seen shoot themselves with a nailgun.

Like the roofer with a custom ankle holster for his nail gun? Taped the trigger & used the safety to fire it every step. Then he had an itch in the other foot. No kidding, he worked on my mom's remodel w/o that holster. Tells the story on himself.

 

[bigjbear]

Thanks for the concern everyone, I really appreciate it. And I'm watching closely for any signs of infection or other problems.

But I've always been involved in things where risk of injury is just part of it, and not always where a trip to the Dr or ER is an option. Sports, climbing, rappelling, back country hiking, motor cross, motorcycle and car racing, and the list goes on. Life’s been pretty tame since the risky behavior culminated with an auto racing accident at 135 back in ’83 where I got busted up really and spent a year in a wheel chair, but I still seem to find ways to get hurt from time to time. Fortunately, I also not only took training in various “first aid” courses, but I taught them as well as fixing up my own “mistakes” with everything from butter fly stitches to alcohol soaked cloth and duct tape when nothing else was available, including some worse than this where I had no choice but to hike out to the nearest camp several hours away after getting a hand smashed badly by a falling rock deep in the Rockies. My biggest concern is trash embedded in the wound, but I flushed it out first with blood, then flushed with water, followed by betadine and finally triple antibiotic on a sterile gauze. The doc would have put in a couple of stitches after torturing me even further with scrub brush (man I hate that) and given a topical antibiotic ointment (that I already have). Probably would have updated my tetanus shot too since I’m at the limit on the last. ER would have been better initially, but I didn’t want to sit for the average 6 hours required for ER visits here, and it was long after “first care” limits by the time the Dr Office opened the next day, so there is little he could do but tell me to keep doing what I’m doing already, and charge me $50+ for the good advice. I know how to treat a wound, particularly with my first aid kit (which includes a local and a suture kit that I know how to use if need be, though I doubt I could do it using the one left hand), and I estimated the risk of exposure to other nastiest in the ER to largely offset the additional risk, so I opted to self treat again.

Again, thanks for the concern. And you may be right, this may be the time that I regret not going in, but there is little point in going now unless it starts to look bad and I need an antibiotic booster or something. However, I would NOT RECOMEND anyone else try to “self treat” on something like this unless you have the knowledge, gear, and are fully aware of the risks. If I screwed this up, I could loose that finger or worse...

Take care and thanks for the concern, but I hope it is misplaced...

If I ever do move to AZ I want to wheel with Doc Russ.