Gunpowder Burn Ointment?

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I'm building up a medical kit.

The first step in treating gunpowder burns is to rinse them with cool water.

What's next?

[such as those from putting your finger over a revolver cylinder]
 
To my mind, a medical kit is predicated upon the notion that s**t happens.

Every firearms safety course I've ever taken, has mentioned more than once that people get cut and burned from revolver cylinder poor finger placement. Although I've never witnessed it, I have to assume it happens from time to time. In second last course there was told a story of a novice and instructor, where the novice swept the crowd and the instructor grabbed the revolver about the barrel and cylinder and yanked the muzzle back to a safe direction, whereupon the novice pulled the trigger, and therein ended the lesson for the day.

Then there's blackpowder accidents, reloading accidents, firearm malfunctions, surprise, forgetfulness, …

Training and prevention are best.
I want to know what to do when it happens anyway.
First Aid, minor or major.

I googled the internet, and found
Ointments should be used to prevent infection, ointments delay healing but onion skins and salt work better than ointments,
cooling should be done immediately, cooling too fast is bad,
Vitamins C and E help, vitamin C does nothing for burns
wounds should be bandaged, wounds shouldn't be bandaged but should be gauzed,
...
 
I use whiskey,any brand will do and must be taken internally till pain subsides ;)

seriously,I have a big tube of Polysporin in my day pack first aid kit for all minor wounds.Infection is the last thing you want if you are out on the land for an extended period,especially if it's not by choice.
 
In my first aid kit I have some major painkillers (knock you on your ars and make you grin like a moron major.....) also has some anti-histamines and an epi-pen I replace every year, along with Gauze, a small pressure bandage, tensor, band-aids and a melaluca oil based disinfectant along with some Polysporin along with a needle, thread and some scissors and a few odds and ends I can't think of at this time. It all fits in a 6x3x2 Backpackers first aid kit weighs about 1.5 lbs max I purchased and modified it for just this reason. I take it when ever a gun is along for the trip as things happen and it always pays to have a first aid kit along cause the one time you don't have it something will happen. I know how to use everything in the kit too so that helps.

Hope that helps....

CK
 
Burn Gel!
saline or distiller water and guase.
Even a burn kit,
get it at your local drug store.

Any other "ointment" (butter, ect.) will hold the heat in.
Do not use old wise tale remedies, they will only make things worse.

Get some training before you start making your kit.


Cheers
tacdriver
 
As a welder I know alot about burns.
The best treatment In my EXPERIENCE, (yes it means more than opinion) is to use a cream called Flamazine It is specifically designed for the treatment of burns including 3rd degree.
 
Crazy.kayaker said:
In my first aid kit I have some major painkillers also has some anti-histamines and an epi-pen
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Interesting list (your whole post, not just this little bit).
I'm more interested in 'do no harm' over the counter stuff, that I might find corresponding instructions in a decent first aid guide.

This sort of thing
hxxp://www.shopsja.ca/St-John-Ambulance-First-on-the-Scene--The-Complete-Guide-to-First-Aid-and-CPR_p_126.html

I've already got a couple of pre-manufactured first aid kits, although not a burn kit
hxxp://www.firstaiddirect.ca/servlet/the-*First-Aid-Kits-Specialty-cln-Trauma%2C-Chemical-and-Burn/Categories

Unrelated to burns, but more into gunshot, this sort of thing looked interesting
PerSys Medical FCP-02 Military 6" Emergency Bandage
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0wFW31mJHI
 
rangebob said:
I'm building up a medical kit.

The first step in treating gunpowder burns is to rinse them with cool water.

What's next?

[such as those from putting your finger over a revolver cylinder]
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What is the timeframe that you are looking at between accident and hospital attention? Are you talking about first aid for a couple of hours, or are you talking about days in the bush being hiked out?
 
zenmagic said:
What is the timeframe that you are looking at between accident and hospital attention? Are you talking about first aid for a couple of hours, or are you talking about days in the bush being hiked out?
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My immediate plans would be (purchase mid february 2010):
Short term.
- Back of my car in the city with cell phone (not gun anything, just assorted car crashes and other city accidental trauma).
- At a gun range with hard line telephone
- Perhaps within walking distance of a country road, at least an hour's drive from a mini-hospital, possibly two hours. (probably stored in the back of a car, rather than backpack carried)

Although, as a purely academic interest, your 'days in the bush being hiked out' is interesting too.
 
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I asked a pharmacist what she would use for gunpowder burns, and she said to flush it with saline solution. Deep or large or stitches required, get thee to a doctor.
Then she added: don't buy the saline solution in the first aid kit aisle, get the contact lens wash because it has preservative in it.
 
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