Sticky Plasters

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Inevitable that sailors will get wounded with cuts/grazes now and then. Trying to find brand that will actually stick to the skin.

Any recommendations . Thanks for any suggestion.
 
Inevitable that sailors will get wounded with cuts/grazes now and then. Trying to find brand that will actually stick to the skin.

Any recommendations . Thanks for any suggestion.
Without question, Tensoplast gets my recommendation. Buy the 10cm-width roll and some gauze sponges and you can make any size of sticking plaster you need. I use this aboard and also on horses in my professional work as a veterinary surgeon. It is rare that Tensoplast comes unstuck.
 
Inevitable that sailors will get wounded with cuts/grazes now and then. Trying to find brand that will actually stick to the skin.

Any recommendations . Thanks for any suggestion.
I don't know how you can find a review about this but I am always in search of a plaster that is easy to open and apply especially when alone.
Blood dripping from a finger and fiddling around trying to open an individually wrapped finger plaster seems as though the suppliers have not really thought the end result out. Reapplying something like the recommended Tensoplast could be done at leisure after the initial urgency. I have used Elastoplast finger plasters which are at least a decent size.
Its ages since I cut myself but when I do I want a quick and effective application as I work with my hands on delicate instruments so it affects my income.
 
A folded sheet of loo paper and a wrap of sellotape/masking tape does for me.
For deeper cuts, kitchen towel is more absorbent, and insulating tape stays stuck even when wet. Certainly, on my boat, kitchen towel is pretty much the first thing I encounter on descending the companionway.
 
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I don't know how you can find a review about this but I am always in search of a plaster that is easy to open and apply especially when alone.
Blood dripping from a finger and fiddling around trying to open an individually wrapped finger plaster seems as though the suppliers have not really thought the end result out. Reapplying something like the recommended Tensoplast could be done at leisure after the initial urgency. I have used Elastoplast finger plasters which are at least a decent size.
Its ages since I cut myself but when I do I want a quick and effective application as I work with my hands on delicate instruments so it affects my income.
Wrap the wound in kitchen towel while you sort out the dressing. Keeping the wound, (assuming it's a hand), above shoulder level will reduce blood flow.
 
For deeper cuts, kitchen towel is more absorbent, and insulating tape stays stuck even when wet. Certainly, on my boat, kitchen towel is pretty much the first thing I encounter on descending the companionway.
This. We kept a roll of masking tape in the chart table specifically for wound binding; once the bleeding had been quelled we'd redress more loosely with a blob of Savlon inside; a strip of duct tape if it's wet - we kept a bit of that handy too, for the same reason
 
Micropore was probably the first effective tape and has been around for many years now, but I assume that other products nowadays are also effective using similar technology, but I haven’t investigated them myself. We usually keep some Micropore around.
 
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