• °˖✧ ipha ✧˖°@lemm.ee
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    9 months ago

    “snitches get to glue their own wounds shut and hope it doesn’t get infected” just doesn’t have the same ring to it.

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      9 months ago

      Hey, uh, don’t glue deep wounds. If it’s going past the subcutaneous fat–and you should be able to see the fat layer if it’s a deep cut, assuming you can slow the bleeding enough–use staples. You can get a cheap, disposable, sterile, pre-loaded surgical stapler off Amazon, or lots of other, more reputable sites. Glue seals everything in, and when you finally get medical attention, it’s going to be a bitch to remove if the wound needs to be irrigated or debrided. Staples pop off quickly and with minimal discomfort.

      If it’s actually spurting/spraying blood, get a tourniquet on as high and tight as possible, pack the wound with gauze (or a t-shirt), put direct pressure on it, and get to an ER immediately, regardless of the cost.

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        9 months ago

        I sense an influencer’s “we put Amazon one day delivery to the ultimate test!” vid dropping soon.

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          9 months ago

          An ER costs you money.

          An arterial wound costs you your life.

          It’s your choice, but medical debt doesn’t even go on your credit report.

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        9 months ago

        I would not buy surgical staples off amazon. Half of everything there is a knockoff and who knows if you’ll get the real stuff or some kind of imitation.

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          9 months ago

          If you don’t like Amazon, you can buy a stapler at nearly any veterinary supply store without being a DVM. Surgical supplies intended for human use are harder to get, even though the exact same tools are used in veterinary medicine. Like Dermabond, for instance; you can’t get it for people readily, but it’s a snap to get it for animals, even though it’s exactly the same thing.

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    9 months ago

    It’s often a phrase used while in prison/jail among inmates.

    In prison you have free Healthcare, and would likely get stitches pretty quickly.

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    9 months ago

    Oh wow I thought getting stitches could literally mean “getting stabbed”.

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    9 months ago

    Uh, the expression is more of a “if you snitch, we’ll sew your mouth shut” kind of thing, rather than it having anything to do with medical care.