It isn't easily undone, and is something that you would want to do very carefully using tweezers and clamps. I wouldn't do it if it involved muscle tissue, but would run to the vet. For a simple skin tear, it's fabulous. You get it from all of the regular catalogues...Foster and Smith carries it and I think that's where I got mine. It works exactly like Super Glue. Myra
>From: "Susan A. Schlenger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: The Cavalier King Charles Spaniel List ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [CKCS-L] First Aid Kit Items (was ethics) >Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2002 09:41:21 -0400 > >Hi, Myra, > Can you explain a bit about the properties of surgical glue? >(Also, >where does one find that?). I'm curious to know if one glued together >loose skin badly/in a rush if it is easily undone? > >Also, how do you use the climber's oxygen? Is this for attachment to an >incubator? > >thanks, > >Suze > >Myra Savant wrote: > > > > Well, it would depend on if you were a breeder or not. For general use, >you > > would certainly want Saline, betadine, Q-tips, vet wrap, a decent pair >of > > clamps and some surgical glue. Last year one of our pups tore the skin >on > > her chest by running between two rose bushes. It was really hanging >open, > > but still a relatively minor wound involving just the skin. Just >rinsing it > > well in saline, followed by a weak betadyne solution, and gluing the >edges > > together worked perfectly. It healed with no sign of the injury. You >would > > want some rescue remedy, a rectal thermometer, hydrogen peroxide, 2x2s >or > > 4x4 sponges, tweezers, a magnifying glass, and for serious injuries >while > > you were enroute to the vets, handtowels and washclothes that had been > > washed in hot water and regular bleach and bagged in baggies. In the >case > > of a serious open wound, you would want to place those really clean > > washclothes or handtowels over the wound and hold them in place with vet > > wrap while you left for the vet. If intestine was visible, you would >want > > to wet some 4x4s with saline, put some saran wrap over it, cover with > > absorbent cloths and hold loosely in place with some vet wrap. (This >would > > be for an adult dog that had been hit by a car for instance) That would >be > > for starters on the first aid kit. If you were breeding, you would want >3cc > > syringes with a 25 gauge needle, tube feeding equipment, and the kind of > > bottled oxygen that mountain climbers use, glucose solution to give >orally > > and Lactated ringers to inject subcutaneously. I apologize in advance >to > > anyone who isn't used to using this stuff, or who has never had to use >it, > > but I am a big believer in being prepared. Once a nurse, always a >nurse; > > you just can't control the mind set. Myra > > > > >From: Susan Van Luchene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Reply-To: The Cavalier King Charles Spaniel List > > ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >Subject: Re: [CKCS-L] First Aid Kit Items (was ethics) > > >Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2002 02:40:06 +0000 > > > > > >Myra Savant wrote: > > >>>>also really good to check your canine first aid kits and to have a > > >well stocked supply kit of the various things that you could need some > > >day.<<< > > > > > > > > >Hi Myra, > > > > > >I know we did this some time ago (maybe last year), but it might be a >good > > >idea if we reviewed the items that we may find useful to have in our >first > > >aid kits or cabinets. For instance, saline solution to keep wound >wraps > > >moist is something that many of us may may not have thought of. You >being > > >and R.N. would be the perfect choice to begin this discussion :)) > > > > > >Thanking you in advance, > > >Susan V. > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >_________________________________________________________________ > > >Join the world�s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. > > >http://www.hotmail.com > > > > > >========================================================= > > >"Magic Commands": > > >to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: > > >mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL > > >to start it up gain click here: > > >mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL > > > > > >E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. > > >Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html > > > > > >All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original >author. > > > > Myra Savant Gardengate Cavaliers > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com > > > > ========================================================= > > "Magic Commands": > > to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL > > to start it up gain click here: > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL > > > > E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. > > Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html > > > > All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author. > >-- >Suze at Llawen Cavaliers >"...I have seen that in any great undertaking it is not enough for a man >to depend simply upon himself." -Isna Ia-wica >"Thought comes before speech" Luther Standing Bear > >========================================================= >"Magic Commands": >to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: >mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL >to start it up gain click here: >mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL > > E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. >Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html > >All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author. 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