| In an uncertain world, accidents will happen, | | | | prolonged tourniquet application also results in |
| whether to you or people associated with you, | | | | decreased blood flow which is potentially as |
| such as family and friends. This is not meant to | | | | harmful. |
| scare you, but to present reality as it is. The | | | | A suture kit should contain basic surgical tools |
| important thing, as boy scouts already know, is to | | | | such as a scalpel and scissors, gauze and an |
| always be prepared. In emergencies, you have to | | | | antiseptic , as doctors use in regular operations. It |
| be assured that you have the sufficient tools for | | | | should also contain sutures and the needed |
| action. Your tools must deliver, providing you with | | | | needles for injection of numbing agents. Do not |
| the dependability assistance you need. Having | | | | forgo quality for the sake of cheapness. If you |
| emergency suture kits in strategic locations is one | | | | will need this emergency equipment in a pinch, you |
| aspect of being prepared. | | | | are going to want your tools to be adequate |
| Although commonplace accidents may result in | | | | enough to do the job without creating more |
| punctured skin and open wounds, the regular | | | | problems. Make sure that the sutures are of high |
| emergency kit may contain only materials such as | | | | quality or name brand. The whole point of using |
| bandages and iodine, nothing to close the wound | | | | sutures is to hold the skin together, and the |
| itself. This is unfortunate, as blood loss could be a | | | | suture has to be strong enough for this. Cheaper |
| major problem. Sure, there is the tourniquet you | | | | sutures often come with needles that dull after |
| can make, but it is hardly as effective as the use | | | | the first few stitches. |
| of sutures, and certainly not for long term use. A | | | | |