Sliced my finger with a mandolin slicer -Help !

jos28

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 !!

Pushtrak

Do the same for the other one to balance things out.

hondasam

Go to hospital if it's that bad, you might need stitches.

Borderfox

Have you got the bit you cut off? Or is it in a salad?

Sliced a finger really badly.

Time to call an ambulance.....but I'll just post a thread on boards first

southcentralts

Doctor Doctor I sliced off a piece of my thumb?

Doctor: Good thing you came to see me instead of consulting the internet, God knows what kind of crazy thing you would be doing if you had. Let me stitch that up for you.

Sauve

If it's clean then don't wash it yet. The blood loss will have likely washed out most of the crap.
Oh and go to a hospital and get it seen to

TheBody

You better insert your thumb in your rectum to keep it protected until you get to a hospital.

notnumber

Superglue is your friend!

Phill Ewinn

Stick it up yer bum OP.

Ooh are they the ones they were selling today in aldi? Are they good? Did you buy the potato ricer aswell?

cml387

If you tried playing the mandolin instead of using it to cut vegetables you wouldn't be in this mess.

Where To

Can you play the mandolin OP?

Seaneh

what you shhould have done is put the loose flap of skin back over the wound and then wrapped it tightly and hold the thumb above shoulder level and got to a doctor. now you are going to lose the finger to flesh eating bacteria that live in the flour or die.

sorry op. hope its a nice funeral.

wexie

hmmm....if there's actually a slice missing then it can't be stitched.

(I know this because I once ruined a lovely Caesar salad).

You will however need something to stop the bleeding. (I got something that looked like little white plastic cubes that somehow dissolved under the bandage and stopped the bleeding).

Alternatively : Superglue

jos28

It doesn't need stitching, I am not going to spend hours and hours at A & E just for them to tell me the same thing. It has stopped bleeding, I just want to know if I should try and clean the cut before I get the paper stitches and bandages.

Seaneh

notnumber wrote: »

Superglue is your friend!

epibond would be better!

Nozebleed

vinegar...it helps bond the skin together..the more vinegar the better.

Shhh

whoopsadaisy doodles wrote: »

Ooh are they the ones they were selling today in aldi? Are they good? Did you buy the potato ricer aswell?

Still giggling at this..:D

Seaneh

jos28 wrote: »

It doesn't need stitching, I am not going to spend hours and hours at A & E just for them to tell me the same thing. It has stopped bleeding, I just want to know if I should try and clean the cut before I get the paper stitches and bandages.

ofcourse you should bloody clean it. disinfect it and get some uhu at it and cover it up well.

Sprinkle salt liberally on the wound, leave it to settle for 5 minutes and then splash 7up or fizzy water on it. It will heal right before your eyes.

bryaner

I hope the slice of your thumb aint in the grub for dinner..

firefly08

Ooh are they the ones they were selling today in aldi? Are they good?

It would appear so.

OP go to hospital please, seriously. If only to undo the damage you just did to yourself by asking for medical advice on the internet.

ZzubZzub

Any sensation loss around the affected area? Should probably go to hospital to have it checked out. From personal experience, the smallest infection can lead to serious consequences. (I've seen a paper cut in the web space beside the baby finger lead to an amputation of the finger.)

jos28

bryaner wrote: »

I hope the slice of your thumb aint in the grub for dinner..

Nah, that went in the bin, I was surprisingly not hungry after it happened.

Pottler

Just walk around with it dripping blood everywhere so's everyone sees you have a nasty cut. Smear blood all over your face and arms, down your trousers and across your shirt. Then walk out where a Health and Safety inspector can't help but notice you in your exagerated bloody state. That's what most of the muppets who work for me do when they nick themselves. Then some poor sod will have to drive you to the A&E, spend half the day there with you and spend the other half filing out pointless accident report forms. That or put on a plaster.

hondasam

jos28 wrote: »

It doesn't need stitching, I am not going to spend hours and hours at A & E just for them to tell me the same thing. It has stopped bleeding, I just want to know if I should try and clean the cut before I get the paper stitches and bandages.

No stitch it and bandage it while it's covered in flour. very hygienic.

Scioch

Seeing as you've sliced it and battered it you may as well deep fry it.

MagicMarker

Clean the wound with fresh lemon juice.

Scioch

MagicMarker wrote: »

Clean the wound with fresh lemon juice.

Lemon juice, vinegar and salt and rub it in well with a used brillo pad. Sort that cut right out.

Pedant

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 !!

A&E.

supernova84

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.

supernova84

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.

Pottler

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.

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.

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!

Where To

Pottler wrote: »

It's. a. cut. finger.

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.:)

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.

TheBody

Skid wrote: »

Ouch

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

Hope it doesn't hurt much.

FYP

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.

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

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

supernova84

And here's me thinking a Mandolin was an instrument

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 !

Pottler

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

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

Ruski

Why would you slice a mandolin in the first place?

Where To

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.

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,

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

KeithM89_old

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