Interesting First Aid Facts.

If you use metho on jellyfish stings, like old first aid books used to recommend, ALL the stingers in the tenticle fire off. I did a first aid course a few years back, when a scientist from JCU here in Townsville came to give a talk on jellyfish stings. As it turned out, this scientist, whose name escapes me, is the man responsible for the now common use of vinegar.

The story he told was, while he was testing other substances on box jelly tenticles under a microscope, tested samples of tenticle were removed from under the scope and dosed with metho, to neutralize the stingers.

By accident and only by accident, while testing tenticle under the scope, he added metho while he was looking through the lens. ALL the stingers in the test sample of tenticle fired off instantly. So the lesson here is don't let granny pour metho on you!

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Originally Posted by crump

If you havent had the immunisation dont handle injured bats.

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I think this sort of advice should be kept for the MudPit:twisted:

Hi Michael,
she was a paramedic in launceston and she works at A local hospital these days in ED. My experiance was combat medic in the army for my unit and a chubb certIV para here in Perth., but i'm a builder these days.
We have a comprehensive first aid kit, cervical collars , Richards splint even suture kits some dental probes and mirrors and cloves..lol. luckily I have only had to break into it once a few years ago whens some pot headed teenagers ran head on into me in the sand dunes had one with a 6cm puncture wound in his calf and the other breathing difficulties from broken ribs, the bleeder was a screamer so I told him to pressure on it while I dealt with Mr drifting in an out of it at first thought it might be a punctured lung as he had some oral bleeding but it was bright red and thick not frothy. Patched em up and shipped them out to the waiting ambo in the back of the landy.I left their mangled ATV where it was. The ambos were good enough to restock my two cervicals and bandages from their supplies.
Three months later my thankyou was a letter of intent to sue from a lawyer. I replied it was a ungazetted roadway stiff ****. didn't hear anything more. ungrateful bastards.

We used to have an extensive first aid supply. Ours was the only house when I was growing up that had a first aid cupboard, Yes cupboard with several shelves of drugs, dressings, bandages, syringes and the like. Was very handy with such a large family. I carry a small first aid kit in the rig but thats all so far. I also know that with me if there is lots of blood then its minor, If there is any type of cut or puncture and no blood then its time to panic and get help fast because I'm a bleeder. I can even fill the blood bags in just over 3 mins.
I plan to build on my first aid kit but the boys keep using our supplies every time we buy them.

My sister in law moved to Darwin last year, from Tassy. Talk about a change:eek:
She got a nasty box jellyfish bite? all down her left leg. It was supposedly a couple of weeks before the "season" kicked in. She jumped off a boat straight on to it.
It could have been fatal, but for another boatie who had 4 litres of vinigar and the fact she had a really quick trip to hospital.
I saw the photo's - enough to put you off swimming for good.
David

She's very lucky, if the tentacles had wrapped around her chest instead of her leg she would have been in alot more danger (and pain!).

The little buggars have got huuge tentacles too! They can be up to 10mtrs long and they're clear so you won't even see 'em near you, just feel an explosion of pain :o

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Originally Posted by Grizzly_Adams

She's very lucky, if the tentacles had wrapped around her chest instead of her leg she would have been in alot more danger (and pain!).

The little buggars have got huuge tentacles too! They can be up to 10mtrs long and they're clear so you won't even see 'em near you, just feel an explosion of pain :o

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Interestingly from our course, they said if you wear a wetsuit or stockings, they just cannot cover enough skin to kill an adult. :o

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Originally Posted by Captain_Rightfoot

Interestingly from our course, they said if you wear a wetsuit or stockings, they just cannot cover enough skin to kill an adult. :o

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Dunno about that, if you saw me in black fishnets I reckon you'd wish you were dead.:D

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Originally Posted by crump

Dunno about that, if you saw me in black fishnets I reckon you'd wish you were dead.:D

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Shock is indeed, deadly :eek: :D :D

MMM, our first aid room and ambo's are only stocked as good as Michaels. My personal first aid kit is not that extensive, but hey nice back up if you have got it. Would be nice to be able to carry some Penthrox though if needed.