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Sliced my finger with a mandolin slicer -Help !

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  • #32
    supernova84
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    If you lose a lot of blood make sure you know your blood type so the doctors are informed if any transfusion required. Better safe than sorry.


  • #33
    Guillermo Refined Klutz
    Posts: 50,630 ✭✭✭✭ Guillermo Refined Klutz


    supernova84 wrote: »
    If you lose a lot of blood make sure you know your blood type so the doctors are informed if any transfusion required. Better safe than sorry.

    This is an excellent point. You should order a home testing kit online and find out your blood type before you go to the hospital. Save lots of time.


  • #34
    Pottler
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    supernova84 wrote: »
    If you lose a lot of blood make sure you know your blood type so the doctors are informed if any transfusion required. Better safe than sorry.
    It's. a. cut. finger. :confused:


  • #35
    Skid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,873 ✭✭✭Skid


    jos28 wrote: »
    Lobbed a slice off my thumb 3 hours ago, I eventually managed to stop the bleeding by throwing flour on it (found the tip online). The flour really worked but what do I do now ? If I try and wash the HUGE cut it will start to bleed again. Help please !!

    Ouch :(

    You should really contact a Doctor, nurse or A&E, jos.

    Hope it doesn't hurt much.


  • #36
    hardCopy
    Registered Users Posts: 5,969 ✭✭✭hardCopy


    whoopsadaisy doodles wrote: »
    Ooh are they the ones they were selling today in aldi? Are they good? Did you buy the potato ricer aswell?

    They had a potato ricer?! Goddammit, can't believe I missed that one!


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  • #37
    Where To
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    Pottler wrote: »
    It's. a. cut. finger. :confused:
    I cut my finger once, it got infected and the junior doctor wanted wanted to amputate my arm at the elbow.

    Thankfully got a second opinion.:)


  • #38
    jos28
    Registered Users Posts: 7,189 ✭✭✭jos28


    Ok, it's now washed carefully with warm water and tcp and bleeding did not start again. No loss of sensation to report, I have put a couple of steri strips and a dressing on. I reckon I will live. I will have a can of Guinness to help counteract the blood loss. Oh and the potato ricer is brilliant and I can't even cut myself with it.


  • #39
    TheBody
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    Skid wrote: »
    Ouch :(

    You should really contact a Doctor, nurse or A&E, jos OR UNDERTAKER

    Hope it doesn't hurt much.


    FYP


  • #40
    SweetCaliber
    Registered Users Posts: 2,460 ✭✭✭SweetCaliber


    Nobody has said it but:

    Firstly wash it with an antiseptic wipe to get the dirt out of it.

    Then put a bandage around it, if the cut isn't huge use a plaster.

    Consult a doctor.


  • #41
    Kurz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 786 ✭✭✭Kurz


    jos28 wrote: »
    I eventually managed to stop the bleeding by throwing flour on it (found the tip online).

    My girlfriend saw this piece of advice and followed it too. Ended up with a yeast infection.

    Baboom


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  • #42
    yoyo
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,003 Mod ✭✭✭✭yoyo


    My mum did this recently, never even knew what a mandalin was until I discovered. She did go to A&E and they bandaged it up and wern't too concerned. The good news is the fingers will likely grow back fine with only minor scarring (but you should go to A&E/hospital to get this confirmed, as if it sliced the bone I doubt you'd be so lucky), the bad news is they will be very sensitive for months. Mum sliced 3 fingers I think, and even the simplist of tasks like lifting stuff, cooking, doing the shopping etc she needed assitance. Was well over 3 months it took my mums fingers to get back to norm, anyways best of luck and bin the mandalin :)

    Nick

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    My Irish Callcards site



  • #43
    supernova84
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    And here's me thinking a Mandolin was an instrument


  • #44
    jos28
    Registered Users Posts: 7,189 ✭✭✭jos28


    yoyo wrote: »
    My mum did this recently, never even knew what a mandalin was until I discovered. She did go to A&E and they bandaged it up and wern't too concerned. The good news is the fingers will likely grow back fine with only minor scarring (but you should go to A&E/hospital to get this confirmed, as if it sliced the bone I doubt you'd be so lucky), the bad news is they will be very sensitive for months. Mum sliced 3 fingers I think, and even the simplist of tasks like lifting stuff, cooking, doing the shopping etc she needed assitance. Was well over 3 months it took my mums fingers to get back to norm, anyways best of luck and bin the mandalin :)

    Nick
    Your poor Mum, my injury was nowhere near as bad. I did not slice the bone thankfully. Mandolin will be going in the bin !


  • #45
    Pottler
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,073 ✭✭✭Pottler


    You could slip as easily with a knife, then you'd really be banjo d.


  • #46
    yoyo
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,003 Mod ✭✭✭✭yoyo


    jos28 wrote: »
    Your poor Mum, my injury was nowhere near as bad. I did not slice the bone thankfully. Mandolin will be going in the bin !

    Yeah it was a horrible expierience for her alright. she couldn't even drive for a month or more after which was also a inconvenience. For those that don't know what a mandolin is its a vegetable slicer, with a flat top and a razor blade on it. you swipe a vegetable over the blade and it cuts it thinly.
    They usually have a safety "cover" which covers the vegetable meaning contact with the blade shouldn't happen, this happened to slip in my mums case (and I'm sure shes not the only one) and caused sliced fingers to appear with the potatoes :P.
    Not a nice expierience but with only one finger sliced it shouldn't be as bad, but do get it checked if unsure

    Nick

    My Beer Glass collection site 🍺

    My Irish Callcards site



  • #47
    Ruski
    Registered Users Posts: 581 ✭✭✭Ruski


    Why would you slice a mandolin in the first place?


  • #48
    Where To
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    supernova84 wrote: »
    And here's me thinking a Mandolin was an instrument
    It's an instrument of death and carnage by the sounds of things.


  • #49
    cocoshovel
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,041 ✭✭✭cocoshovel


    What, are we just going to magically heal it for you? Go the A&E if its that bad. Its not something worth calling an ambulance over though,


  • #50
    coffee_cake
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Politics Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 81,310 CMod ✭✭✭✭coffee_cake


    i lopped off a slice of my thumb with a razor once :rolleyes:
    still have a scar

    anyway clean it and wrap it up, be grand


  • #51
    KeithM89_old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,806 ✭✭✭✭KeithM89_old


    This probably counts as (terrible) medical advice so .... Locked.


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