Op Site Spray

[BOD]

I got some of this which I have yet to use. Wondering if I should include it in my FAK

Does anyone have any experience of it?

The wound in the Opsite spray video is pathetic. Is it just for teensy-weensy abrasions or stings or does it have a real use?

 

[EdS]

By the title I was thinking organophosphate spray for site clearing.

i think a normal dressing would be better really.

 

[rik_uk3]

Not really for outdoor use BOD as it gives a 'coating' to skin and if its mucky to start with all your doing is sealing the muck in so I'd say no to the spray.

 

[BOD]

Thanks.

Yes I am old fashioned - bandaged cleaned wounds is what i do. Its never been used and expires in 2014. One day it will be an historic artifact.

never thought it might seal the muck in

 

[Muddy Boots]

I use it in clinic routinely.

It helps adhesion of primary dressing tape to the skin surface. A bit like a second skin blister type dressing. You spray it on and it leaves a sticky film that helps adhesion.

I really wouldn't spray this on any broken skin directly as it stings.

Hope this helps.

I wouldn't bother carrying it in a First Aid Kit - more weight for very little purpose to be honest.

 

[BOD]

Back to this topic. I'm going into the jungle again and have two open sores caused by leech bites. Several river crossings ahead

anyone tried spraying it or a similar product on on a sore/ulcer as a barrier since the topic was first raised?

 

[Wayland]

I carry a small bottle of Collodion under the product name "New Skin" by Germolene in this country.

It is manually applied with a dipper included under the cap rather than the spray product you are enquiring about but it serves well for small cuts and abrasions and very well for blisters in my opinion.

Of course the usual caveats about clean wounds apply but I have used it for many years with good results.

 

[BOD]

Amazing stuff. Gun cotton not something I could include in a FAK on a plane.

But I will look for some tomorrow.

Thanks

 

[Wayland]

I've travelled with it many times and never had any bother with it.

 

[BOD]

I was told sometime ago that this is not detectable. Not sure if there are new devices able to detect it

Nitrocellulose = gun cotton