Re: First Aid kit - expiration of items?

On May 6, 2:51=A0pm, Pete <psty...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Martyn H wrote:
> >On May 6, 2:34 am, Nick Temple-Fry <N...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Fry.COmpletely.UnKnown> wrote:
> ><snip>
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> >>Well I'd suggest a bit of wound glue (first aid in any boots),
>
> >wound closure is a 'surgical' procedure to be undertaken by =A0trained
,
> >registered Health Professionals not the average yottie in Uk coastal
> >waters
>
> >>a few
> >>sterile wound pads (ask your pharmasist, they sell an awful lot on
> >>prescription to cope with the damage left by mrsa infections) in a
> >>variety of sizes (buy them larger than you expect), and some tape to
> >>hold the pads in place.
>
> >you appear to have little or no understanding of first aid treatment i
> >suggest you retract your inaccurate statements and go and get some
> >training
>
> >>Oh and a few plastic disposable gloves, just
> >>in case you've been picking your nose or unblocking the loo.
>
> >>Use by dates are largely there to limit litigation - they relate to
> >>the the testing the manufacturer chose to do - not the life of the
> >>product.
>
> >>First aid is after all - remove foreign bodies - wash clean - cover -
> >>get to professional advice.
>
> >DO NOT REMOVE A FOREIGN BODY FROM A WOUND
>
> >>This is usenet advice - with all its inherent caveats
>
> > =A0that it's dangerous, inacurrate and suggests some incredibly stupid
> >things
>
> Perhaps you would care to enlighten us about your qualifications to
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shall we start with the 20 or so years of first aid experience  or the
10 years working in the NHS as a student and as a registered
Practitioner, more than half of those in emergency care

never mind the alphabet soup of post basic courses ...

i would point  those seeking confirmation of my advice towards  the
tripartite First Aid Manual and things such as the JRCALC and NICE
clinical guidelines relevant to such matters