Wound stapler for FAK?

[that guy]

As a full time emergency medical provider I would not recommend anyone mess with sutures or staples in a prehospital setting. You are far more likely to induce infection making everything worse. The zip things are probably safe, but I doubt their usefulness. NONE of these interventions are for bleeding control, which should be your #1 priority.

I always recommend you spend your money on more training instead of gizmos.

 

[P7M13]

Can anyone recommend a book on "field first aid for the unprepared"? I have had plenty of experience with that kind of bungling. It would be good to unlearn the bad habits I've practiced for years.
My base of knowledge is wrought from flat out stupid "here, hold my beer..." events while out in the field, and I have been lectured by ER doctors, "we don't do that anymore!"

You ever try to remove one of those steel staples with something other than the "tool" It s a rigamirole.

Just like sutures, they hurt like a beotch when you 'tear' them. Make nasty looking zipper scars too. Never bothered counting how many I had....

Bandages are your friend.

Electrical tape and bandages. Rags if you don't have bandages. Temporary until you can get proper medical care. Sometimes it may take a day or more to get out of the mountains for that.

 

[titsonritz]

Super glue

 

[Koda]

Yes to the wound stapler.

one of those cheap staplers saved the day hunting this year when my friend accidentally stabbed his hand at 11pm, about 2 miles off trail on the second trip hauling my elk out. He did some real damage to his hand but he didn't need to make a 1am drive to the nearest town hoping the local doctor was still awake.

I'm not a doctor and cant give medical advice but my point is if your far away from medical help that thing was so quick and simple compared to what I imagine sewing stitches would be. We had a little issue tucking in a dangling severed tendon but that stapler closed up the wound nice and clean....

 

[billdeserthills]

I recently got some Vetbond 3M Vetbond Vetbond Tissue Adhesive 1469Sb

I remember the last staples I got & how much they hurt coming out

 

[Certaindeaf]

that will get a lot of people in trouble.

I'd go down to the mall and do free staple piercings.

 

[Stomper]

Clotting bandages
Betadine
Super glue
Sutures

You left out duct tape. Don't ask me how I know.....

 

[Camelfilter]

As a full time emergency medical provider I would not recommend anyone mess with sutures or staples in a prehospital setting. You are far more likely to induce infection making everything worse. The zip things are probably safe, but I doubt their usefulness. NONE of these interventions are for bleeding control, which should be your #1 priority.

I always recommend you spend your money on more training instead of gizmos.

Wholeheartedly agree, however this is the preparedness & survival section...

 

[P7M13]

You left out duct tape. Don't ask me how I know.....

Yup. Duct tape makes superb butterfly bandages.
I prefer electrical tape for dressing the wound and applying pressure at the same time.

 

[P7M13]

I'd go down to the mall and do free staple piercings.

Really? I thought you were there just to ogle the chicks.....

 

[Rickenbacher39]

Can I use one of these staplers to clamp my neighbor's mouth shut?

 

[fyrediver]

As a full time emergency medical provider I would not recommend anyone mess with sutures or staples in a prehospital setting. You are far more likely to induce infection making everything worse. The zip things are probably safe, but I doubt their usefulness. NONE of these interventions are for bleeding control, which should be your #1 priority.

I always recommend you spend your money on more training instead of gizmos.

This is the best advice. Control of bleeding, not wound closure should be your primary concern. Even in a SHTF scenario you're probably better off healing the wound from inside to out.

I do advocate carrying supplies like this when traveling. I had suture kits etc that I carried to be used on me or mine at a clinic. Knew what I brought was sterile and appropriate which isn't always the case in third world environments where they wash their exam gloves and reuse them.