Subcuticular.

[porphyrin]

I just like that word.

I've been doing a LOT of that kind of stitching lately.

Especially on ankles and faces.

Regarding ankles:  Please consider getting the kind of bike pedal that *doesn't* have sharp metal teeth on it?  Last night alone there were four ankle injury/bike accidents that required multiple stitches for gaping wounds.

Regarding faces:  if you have a toddler, be aware that there's nothing you *can* do except _be_ aware.

*sigh*

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[adriennelily.livejournal.com]

Regarding faces: if you have a toddler, be aware that there's nothing you *can* do except _be_ aware.

Heh, grownups too. I recently did my turn as the Safety Committee person at work - we rotate it through all the managers. One of the things I had to do was go back through all the accidents this year and go over them with the committee (it had somehow been overlooked by the previous managers - one of the problems with rotation I guess).

Anyway, more than half of the 'corrective actions' for the accidents were "employee needs to be more aware of his/her surroundings". I recommended we get a banner that reminds people to "Be Aware of Your Surroundings". It actually got approved, and the banner is on the way, but I don't know how much good it will do, honestly. Some people just don't get the concept of 'being aware'.

[tanaise.livejournal.com]

While we never had to get anything stitched on my siblings, we did consider just making them wear motorcycle helmets at all times for protective purposes.

[slithytove.livejournal.com]

The human toddler has few natural enemies, except the coffee table.

Are you using wound glue? I love it when the wound's appropriate, but I'm sad that the vast majority of wounds aren't.

[porphyrin.livejournal.com]

We went through a 'use glue on everything!' phase about 3 years ago, when I was starting internship.

These days, it's 'use glue on almost nothing!', for various reasons. I like it, too, but many of the Peds ED attendings don't.

I suspect their dislike has to do with a couple of forehead & eyebrow lacerations where the eyelid actually got glued shut by a suture nurse...

[slithytove.livejournal.com]

One of the problems with glue is that the original formulation is extremely runny, and tends to run everywhere. There's a new gel formulation which is supposed to address that problem, but my ER has yet to stock it.

[porphyrin.livejournal.com]

Using a bacitraicin 'dam' to contain the spillage also helps, a trick I learned from some HCMC physicians.

Still.

Eyes Glued Shut.

That doesn't sound like fun to me, and we don't have the gel formulation yet, either.

[markgritter.livejournal.com]

I dunno, even if you get a non-clawed bike pedal there are still plenty of gougy bits.

[buymeaclue.livejournal.com]

I'd worry about feet slipping off the pedals while in motion, without the clawy bits. Unless you want to get clips or something.

[buymeaclue.livejournal.com]

(Er. Not that all clawy bits are metal, 'course.)

it is a nice word

[one-undone.livejournal.com]

I like the autokey trigger I created for it in my word processor too: scuti. When I type scuti it expands to subcuticular. I think something should be named scuti. It sounds fun. Maybe even more fun than subcuticular.

I'd love to learn suturing. Maybe someday.