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Yellow. Cyan. Pink.

I am coming over there right now and I am gonna bite. your. SHOULDER.

Please save me some home fries.

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I have a follow up question for your awesomely informative wound care post about gauze. xD If we're writing historical/historical fantasy stuff, besides just researching actual historical accounts of (often very wrong) medicine, would linen be an acceptable bandage material? I see it in both published and fanfic set in non-modern/non-futuristic settings.

Well… What a good question 😅. Not knowing the properties of linen, I did a quick Google search, which says that linen is made of “flax plant“ and when compared to cotton is, “more robust and durable.”

The main problem with gauze is that it is so absorbent as well as delicate. It eventually dries out the wound bed and becomes a tool for debridement (ripping out anything that it has touched, including newly healed skin) rather than contributing to the improvement of healing. Because it’s so delicate it also breaks very easily and you basically have debris/trash left in your wound that definitely doesn’t belong there.

I could presume that linen is better if it is a stronger material that won’t crumble when you try to unwrap it. I would still err on the side of saying that a linen bandage, at least the part that touches the wound (the primary bandage), should be impregnated with some kind of moisture so that it doesn’t rob the wound bed.

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aenariasbookshelf replied to your post: Please submit your resume. *submits resume* Please...

*hands you some lighter fluid* worst part of job hunting everrrrrr

The WORST. Why do you even ASK? ....To be fair (/letterkenny) I get that it's likely because different channels get different stuff, but it's SO inefficient. It's so INEFFICIENT. *groooooooowwwwwlllls until the earth runs out of air*

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silksieve replied to your post “Met Gideon Emery long enough to say hi and shake his hand. And just...”

Niice

He was. It was. We were.  I did it. XD

inquisitorhierarch replied to your post “Met Gideon Emery long enough to say hi and shake his hand. And just...”

Lucky you! So glad you got to meet someone fun :D

Me too!  He was so very polite, and, and, and...!

jadesabre301 replied to your post “Met Gideon Emery long enough to say hi and shake his hand. And just...”

CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU

Thank you!  That’s what happens when you run someone down in the mall XD.  Shall I remind you next year?

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Who knew that snickers salad/green fluff/pink salad/WHATEVER THAT STUFF IS, would spark so much interest XDDDDD.

TBF (/letterkenny) the snickers would kind of hard to chew...

ramblings-of-a-madman-after-dark reblogged your photoset and added: “pointedahead: val-ritz: toaster-120: leg-stealing-bee: ...”

As a native Minnesotan, I have eaten and enjoyed...

You have consumed so much mayonnaise XDDDD.  My hat’s off to you.

mothwick reblogged your photoset and added: “pointedahead: val-ritz: toaster-120: leg-stealing-bee: ...”

My mom makes pink stuff, like the pink salad...

Yeah, I’ve seen other variations in the South and just... guess they migrated?  Idk.  Is that something *you* enjoy?

hobovampire reblogged your photoset and added: “pointedahead: val-ritz: toaster-120: leg-stealing-bee: ...”

Green fluff!!!! I love green fluff!!

XDDDDDD.  I have to draw a line at HFCS whipped stuff, knowing full well I probably ate some in the snickers salad.

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trulycertain replied to your post: myesyats: tilthat: TIL people from slavic...

I’m of Irish and Slavic descent. I’m utterly inflexible and can’t run with any ability. …Worst of both worlds?

Noooo! Maybe... it means that... you're very good at... standing up straight XDDDD

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bisexualryder replied to your post: Please submit your resume. *submits resume* Please...

honestly that has to be among the worst things about applying to jobs. the technology we have access to, you’d think the basic info could be pulled from the uploaded resume and all you have to do is double check it pulled thru correctly

*waves arms crazily* YES. I FEEL THE SAME. Like.... we can send people to the moon on less power than is in a smart phone. And we can summon rideshares at the press of a finger- but you can't read my PDF... and the position I'm applying for requires a level of degree but it's a required field that I put where I went to high school *hair tearing*

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Regarding wounds: if someone has a cut along their ribs (beneath the arm, not very deep), but it is roughly an inch or two long, what is the best wound treatment you can do, without having a needle and floss, or a hospital? (Ie. home care in order not to deal with hospital records/police report).

Seraph...Is there something you’re not telling me?....;P

Assuming, we have hospitals and police records, we’re not in a medieval or fantasy setting, and we have modern bandages?

Wash your hands.  Wash your hands.  Wash your hands.  Though TBH, if your healer’s hands are free of cuts/scrapes/opportunistic points of entry, they probably don’t even need gloves (we can talk about this later), just clean hands.

The absolute best thing you can do, if you already have bandages is to clean the wound, keep the wound bed moist to allow proper cellular migration, keep it covered so it’s warm, and make sure you keep breathing deeply.  Deep breathing is going to be a paaaaaain, but deep breathing will 1) keep your lungs cleared and prevent complications like pneumonia as well as 2) ensuring your body is getting well oxygenated, which is super important for healing.

Leave the bandages on for 2-3 days without uncovering/replacing them. This does not mean you can’t check the wound, but as long as your wounded person does not have a fever or chills or other signs of infection, you don’t need to keep uncovering the wound. This exposes it to bacteria/viruses, cools it down, which can slow healing, and is just uncomfortable. The only time you need to change the bandages is if the wound is weeping excessively (as with infection/poison) and at that point, the adhesive won’t stick.  If this is the case you’ll know much sooner than a day.  If the wound edges are macerated (this links to a page with graphic images, but if you don’t want to see that, just imagine “pruny fingers” after too much time in the shower or in a pool and how they get pale and wrinkly- same thing) that is the ONLY time that a wound might need to “air” out.  The rest of the time, the body WANTS moisture. Cells and new growth cannot move in a dry environment.

Gonna take a second and double down on proper wound care.  If you know me, you know my feelings about gauze.  If you don’t know me, hi, pleased to meet you. F*** gauze (and yes, hospitals still use gauze today.  It’s a terrible decision that is “cheaper” than using a proper bandage, but it actually delays healing and becomes more expensive than if you had just used a proper bandage to begin with).

Hope that helps!  To @onewngdseraph Is Nerissa OK? :P