Pneumatic Injury

[Tominator]

use peroxide on it to kill off infection and keep it clean.

Actually, you should never use peroxide...ask and doctor/nurse. Use soap and water.

For one ALWAYS use gloves when handling any kind of compressed air and only OSHA approved nozzles....they safely limit the psi.

And it's a HUGE fine if ANY of the non-OSHA nozzles are even in the shop, let alone connected to an air source.

 

[hopster]

dad worked with a guy once that was blowing himself off with a blow gun and somehow inflated his sack. needless to say he was driven to the hospital rather quickly

 

[adsm08]

Actually, you should never use peroxide...ask and doctor/nurse. Use soap and water.

For one ALWAYS use gloves when handling any kind of compressed air and only OSHA approved nozzles....they safely limit the psi.

And it's a HUGE fine if ANY of the non-OSHA nozzles are even in the shop, let alone connected to an air source.

Hmm, my personal RN is always telling my to put peroxide on things.


And it's really hard to do what I was doing through an air nozzle.

 

[GoodOld85BlueBalls]

I have been hit by high pressure water from a mobile steam cleaner once. It left a mark that I still have on the top of my right foot. Took the skin off right through the leather boot. Treat it just like a burn and keep it clean. If it starts turning red make sure you get to your doctor quick! Hope it goes normal for you.

 

[adsm08]

Nope, so far so good. Just a patch of tiny scabs.

 

[Mark_88]

Grease and oil are antibiotics!!

hmmm....yes...but if they are applied at 500 PSI they can also be dangerous...but I think he's over the danger of having an air bubble enter his blood stream and intravenous insertion of foreign fluids (since they probably come from Saudi Arabia)...

Just stamp his forehead and holler "next patient"...

 

[ozziemo27]

Why am I the first?

 

[doorgunner]

Glad it's getting better.....also glad that you didn't hit a blood vein!

 

[shane96ranger]

In one safety class we had a long time ago they warned us about blowing compressed air on your skin because if you had cuts you could actually get air bubbles in your blood that can kill you.

I had a class that taught this as well. The air supposedly goes to your brain or your heart (can't remember which) and can kill you.

 

[adsm08]

Why am I the first?

I took a few the day after but they are on my phone and the data cord is at work. I'll try to post them at lunch tomorrow.

I had a class that taught this as well. The air supposedly goes to your brain or your heart (can't remember which) and can kill you.

Its your brain. Air in the heart is dangerous, but not usually fatal as I understand it. But air rises to the top of a hydraulic system (which your circulatory system basically is) and when it gets there it kills your brain.

 

[doorgunner]

I took a few the day after but they are on my phone...............

Now you got scabs on your phone too

 

[adsm08]

Now you got scabs on your phone too

No, I don't let non-union workers use my phone.


That being the case, I don't make many calls.