Damnit! 1st Aid anyone?

First, I would immediately make sure to post on social media. Then I would go find a medical professional to help.

All kidding aside, I hope he’s okay.
 
I see and hear about more leg stabs thank any other kind of knife wound while cleaning game.

Makes me more cautious about the possibility.

Clean it and get to medical attention.
 
If not bleeding out then let it bleed a bit to help flush out contaminants. Then pressure to stop bleeding and cover it to help keep clean. Finish taking care of your deer then go to the ER to get it flushed out and stitched up.
 
Throw some peroxide on it, apply pressure to stop the bleeding, doesn’t look like it needs a TQ. Then drive to the hospital, will likely need a stitch or two.
Wrong.. no peroxide

Clean both with water or saline. Irrigate ifyou can. 1 or 2 stitches up top or super glue. Gauze. Bottom gets 1 stitch and covered with gauze. compression wrap and check every hour for 4 hours tomake sure the bleeding stops. if it's notstopping getting worse, use a tourniquet and get to a hospital or biganimal vet. The bottom stays open to drain dirt/ infection. go to a regular MD if bleeding stops or slows whenyour schedule allows
 
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on a bwca trip with 3 guys [game wardens] one of them was cutting fire wood with a hatchet and sliced his leg good. we were miles of paddling from any help. i had surgical disinfectant to mix and clean the wound. then duct taped it up good. i dont think he ever went to the doc. at least we drove home to arkansas before he did.

so far that is the only severe injury encountered on backcountry trips.
 
Fortunately there was a medical professional not too far away. Contacted them and they took care of it.

As far as using any liquid to flush the wound, the blood was flowing enough to keep it clean.

When the top would was stitched up, they pressed on the wound and any blood collected under the skin drained out the bottom.

Then the bottom wound was stitched.

A good dose of antibiotics and all was good.

Thanks for playing ;)
 
Fortunately there was a medical professional not too far away. Contacted them and they took care of it.

As far as using any liquid to flush the wound, the blood was flowing enough to keep it clean.

When the top would was stitched up, they pressed on the wound and any blood collected under the skin drained out the bottom.

Then the bottom wound was stitched.

A good dose of antibiotics and all was good.

Thanks for playing ;)
Glad everything is ok. When’s the next Q&A with cnelk?
 
Fortunately there was a medical professional not too far away. Contacted them and they took care of it.

As far as using any liquid to flush the wound, the blood was flowing enough to keep it clean.

When the top would was stitched up, they pressed on the wound and any blood collected under the skin drained out the bottom.

Then the bottom wound was stitched.

A good dose of antibiotics and all was good.

Thanks for playing ;)

Sissy




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New guy here. I plugged a hole in my leg with wound stop after “cleaning it up”. It started to look infected and they gave me an oral antibiotic. Three days later I needed to go in daily for five rounds of two different IV administered antibiotics. I am extra careful with my at-home repairs these days.
 
Did kinda the same thing a handful of years ago guiding a 10 day fly in goat / moose hunt. Day 4 breaking down my clients Billy, I put my havalon in/out my shin just above my boot. Nice clean cuts, no biggy?

Found next to zero first aid supplies in camp, used electrical tape and paper towel the next 7 days of moose hunting.

Day 11 I fly out with a bad infection, 4 days of IV antibiotics to get it under control. It was another day or two away from possible bad damage.

Hindsight, should have requested a fight out for stitches, but tough to do when a clients saved for so many years for his dream hunt.
 

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