ProblemSolver
9 Feb 2023
Off-Topic / Using Super Glue on a open wound/cut on the head [49]
@Cargo pants
Ref. Superglue being used for a wound, from a former paramedic the answer is yes, as a last resort. Superglue was actually designed by the US military and used in Vietnam, it was sprayed into open wounds to cause clotting.
You need to use the desolve chemical to remove the superglue, which was kept at the field hospital - it *should l* be available in a hospital. It's not an ideal scenario, but compared to bleeding out and dying, it's definitely a better option.
We stopped teaching first aid how to use turnacats, because people were applying them to good limbs, not releasing it after 30mins to keep the limb alive and thus killing a perfectly good limb.
@Cargo pants
Ref. Superglue being used for a wound, from a former paramedic the answer is yes, as a last resort. Superglue was actually designed by the US military and used in Vietnam, it was sprayed into open wounds to cause clotting.
You need to use the desolve chemical to remove the superglue, which was kept at the field hospital - it *should l* be available in a hospital. It's not an ideal scenario, but compared to bleeding out and dying, it's definitely a better option.
We stopped teaching first aid how to use turnacats, because people were applying them to good limbs, not releasing it after 30mins to keep the limb alive and thus killing a perfectly good limb.