)), they let go quickly. Never had anything more than a couple of days infection. Normally dab some betadine on there if on hand to speed up the healing process.lightweight 1st aid kits??
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Re: lightweight 1st aid kits??
by Nuts » Thu 10 Dec, 2009 5:56 pm
I once treat the same thing... eye cup, salty water and lots of it. Leech came straight out from behind the eye. Removing them from skin iv'e always just rolled them around under the fingertip (similar to adams method (i think they get confused )), they let go quickly. Never had anything more than a couple of days infection. Normally dab some betadine on there if on hand to speed up the healing process.
)), they let go quickly. Never had anything more than a couple of days infection. Normally dab some betadine on there if on hand to speed up the healing process.-
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Re: lightweight 1st aid kits??
by corvus » Thu 10 Dec, 2009 8:09 pm
Nuts wrote:No eye cup?
I was facetious in my last reply and I do carry a container (containing my Glucodin tabs) which will double as an eye wash cup if required however IMHO a saline saturated eye patch is less intrusive than a full splosh of liquid.
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Re: lightweight 1st aid kits??
by Nuts » Thu 10 Dec, 2009 8:50 pm
Your facetiousness is noted
however, next time you happen to have a leech behind your eyeball, blood streaming down your cheek and people turning away, stomachs churning........ i'll be waiting with my eye shaped cup and bucket of saline
however, next time you happen to have a leech behind your eyeball, blood streaming down your cheek and people turning away, stomachs churning........ i'll be waiting with my eye shaped cup and bucket of saline
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Re: lightweight 1st aid kits??
by corvus » Thu 10 Dec, 2009 10:26 pm
Nuts wrote:Your facetiousness is noted
however, next time you happen to have a leech behind your eyeball, blood streaming down your cheek and people turning away, stomachs churning........ i'll be waiting with my eye shaped cup and bucket of saline
Did you miss the light weight already carried alternative to your single use only eye cup, my dual use pill carrier conform to eye shape and which empty
without lid weighs 3g and would contain enough to irrigate two eyes if needs be
In hind site I did not mention my pill carrier
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