OUCH I CUT MYSELF (3M Steri-Strip)

Member Name: mumsymary

Product:	3M Steri-Strip
Date:	08/12/02 (3217 review reads)
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Advantages: STOPS BLEEDING, PROMOTES RECOVERY

Disadvantages: expensive

Ouch I have hurt myself my husband said, blood dripping from his arm.
Sit down I told him and raise your arm .I applied pressure to the wound then investigated it, it was a clean cut a superficial laceration about half an inch long, longer and I might have considered going to A&E for stitches.
I then washed my hands telling him to keep pressure on the cut

I wiped it clean using water and a sterile cloth its still bleeding he bleats So I pressed the sides of the wound together keeping his arm raised and I reached for the first aid kit. I dabbed his skin surrounding the cut with cotton wool to dry it and then found some….steristrips I cut one in half or it would have been too long.

I peeled the steristrip from its protective backing and stuck it on one side of the wound pulling the cut skin together and then I stuck it the other side of the wound I then took the other half of the steristrip and did the some action a little further along the wound. I thought a third piece of steristrip would be useful to keep the wound together so I applied another piece.

Well the wound has stopped bleeding looks clean, he had cut it on his saw in the garden I knew he had just recently had a tetanus jab so no need for a jab he will try and keep it clean and dry till it heals I shall keep an eye on it to make sure it doesn’t go red, swell, or ouse liquids from it. I kissed it better and made him a cup of tea now I knew he would not need an antiseptic at age

This emergency using steristrips was entirely fictional no husband was hurt in its production.

I have used steristrips on him, children and myself at work when I needed a plaster to keep the sides of a wound together


Steri strips are useful for a cut to keep the sides together. They are fairly expensive about £8 for 10 thank you for reading a few more pennies so I can spoil my new grandson at Christmas.

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