That is exactly what I wondered. My own inclination is to use vet wrap over sterile bandage and get to the vet. I'm fairly well versed in some things veterinary, but suturing isn't one of them. <G>
thanks! Suze Myra Savant wrote: > > 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. > > Myra Savant Gardengate Cavaliers > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: > http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx > > ========================================================= > "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. 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