Re: [Philmont]: Suture Kit

I totally agree about the risk of infection. When I took my wilderness
first responder class, we were given a piece of meat (pork if I remember
right) that had been cut, rubbed in the dirt, and had some dye in it. The
dye only showed up under a black light and was used to represent bacteria.
After much scrubbing and irrigating we took it under the black light and
the dye (bacteria) was still there in places. You got to be careful with
a deep wound to make sure it is clean before closing it up. Unless you
really know what you are doing, your job is to stop/slow the bleading and
keep the person alive so that someone else can take it from there.

Jason
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Retired Ranger

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Received on Mon Jun 23 10:55:51 2003