MEDICAL NOTES:
1) Between raids: do field dressings only. NO KANDA LEAVES!
2) Keep posts short and to the point, no uality. No flowering it up.
3) A slave may never to touch a weapon, without the permission of Master/Mistress.Once permission is granted. then they must use a repcloth to remove the weapon.
4)Cauterization should only be used in extreme cases with severe bleeding from a wound.
5)If owned a girl/boy will tend their own Master or but chain sisters and brothers are to help Others as needed.
6)If conflicting orders or commands are given by Masters or es that differ from the first s or senior kajira, please post the following: "Master/Mistress, this slave has been assigned to tend Master/Mistress/sister/brother"
Minor Wound Treatment:
1.The first task is to assist the O/one wounded to a Chair, Medical wagon, or Thier furs( or thier Master/Mistress furs).
2. Ask what wounds the O/one has recieved.
3. Using sterile water and a rep cloth, clean the and dirt from the wound. If sterile water is unavailable paga can be used
;;4. Add the green herb powder to the paga (or use some Agrimony tincture), pour on rence cloths to pat the wound clean.
5. Then apply a thick layer of agrimony/wylow salve.Wrap the wound with a cloth bandage. This is all that is done for wounds that don't require stitches.
6. Change bandages daily for the one or at most two days. Use the same routine, clean with paga or sterile water. Put on antiseptic salve, leave off dressing after third change for worst wounds, most stitched wounds after second day, dress with light layer of cotton.
Major Wounds Treatment (After a Raid or Spar):
1.The first task is to assist the O/one wounded to a chairs Medical wagon, or Thier furs( or thier Master/Mistress furs).
2. Ask what wounds have been recieved during a raid or spar. Tend to the most severe first and foremost, then move on to less severe wounds.
3. Offer a kanda leaf. Remind the O/one being treated not to swallow the juice as it is poisonous. Using sterile water and a rep cloth, clean the and dirt from the wound. If sterile water is unavailable paga can be used.
4. Using sterile water and a rep cloth, clean the and dirt from the wound. If sterile water is unavailable paga can be used
5. Add the green herb powder to the paga, bathe the wound this mixture or pour on rence cloths to pat the wound clean. Then apply a thick layer of numbing kanda salve to the wound edges to make sure no pain is felt.
6a. If small blade or arrows peice remain in the wound (If granted persmisson to do so as a slave) Use a rence cloth or the pliers from the medical kit to pull it free.
6b. If it is a full arrow or a cross bolt, then another step is done here. Cut the end of the flight with the pliers or knife, then push through to the other side. If this cannot be done, then use the knife, after liberally coating the inner wound with kanda slave to numb, and cut around the arrow head or bolt. Inspect the wound afterwards for bleeding and fragments. Use the tweezers (after dipping them in paga) if needed to remove them.
<font face="Tahoma" size=?34;2">7a. If there is severe bleeding, (If granted persmisson to do so as a slave) take a cauterizing iron from the coals of the brazier and lay it over the bleeding vessel to sear it shut.
7b.If it is an artery bleeding, (this pumps bright red at the same rate as heart rate) then it must be carefully stitched back together first with a fine curved needle and fine gut suture stitching.
8. Use small fine,even stitches in a herringbone pattern to draw the flesh edges together in a smooth unpuckered line. If the wound is very deep use more than one layer. Strong stitches are used to sew tendons back together if cut. If the wound is over a body area that will bend alot, then after done stitching, add some mattress stitches to brace the incision line.
9. Wipe away the withsterile water or paga soaked cloth, sprinkle with green powder if needed and then layer on Agrimony/Kanda salve. This is all that is done for wounds that don't require stitches.
10. Wounds that require stitching needs bandaging. Use a thick layer of cotton then wrap this snugly with cloth bandages.
11. Change bandages daily for the one or at most two days. Use the same routine, clean with paga or sterile water. Put on antiseptic salve, leave off dressing after third change for worst wounds, most stitched wounds after second day, dress with light layer of cotton.
Treatment of Burns:
1.The first task is to assist the O/one wounded to a Chair, Medical wagon, or Thier furs( or thier Master/Mistress furs).It is important they are comfortable. Prepare for posssible shock when O/one is burn.
2. Clean the wound with antiseptic soap and sterile water to remove dirt from the wound. Carefully pat with a sterile repcloths. Washing is the most important thing you can do in the treatment of a burn This one time one would not use sterile paga, it may irritate the burn.
3. Remove all devitalized tissue and lance all blisters that may appear. If left in place there is an increased potential for wound infection because the fluid which collects within a blister and the devitalized tissue creates a culture medium in which bacteria can thrive.
4. Shave hair adjacent to the wound (if granted persmisson to do so as a slave). Apply blue short grass or kanda salve to numb the area.
5. Leave the wound open or wrap lightly with gauze. Repeat the cleansing process and application of healing antiseptic salve twice daily. Put on antiseptic salve, leave off dressing after third change for worst wounds.
SPECIAL NOTE: If a burned foot it should not be walked on, or the foot will swell. The more it swells the more likely it is to get infected, the more likely it is going to hurt and it will take longer to heal.