[Sca-cooks] cooks first aid kit

[Kirsten Houseknecht]

well i agree with the gloves and finger condoms..
and of course the assorted burn gels (aloe vera works for me)
lots of band aids.. especially the knuckle and finger ones

the Kling stuff.. its self adhesive guaze.. wraps and sticks and will hold
anything. lovely stuff.

liquid antihistimine gel caps
**this could save someones life.. it can be bitten and squeezed onto the
tongue for fast absorption.

instant cold pack  the stuff that you snap and it ices up

tampons or pads.. good bandages and good in case someone starts their period
unexpectedly

disinfectant.  different kinds

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the reason i bring different kinds for "public use" is that people can be
allergic to weird stuff..... i have people who cannot use the iodine
disinfectants.. and people who are allergic to aloe.. etc.. so i always
bring a variety
Kirsten
kirsten at fabricdragon.com
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----- Original Message -----
From: <lilinah at earthlink.net>
To: <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 3:49 PM
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Safety (now catering gloves)


> Kirsten Houseknecht wrote:
> >2. do you check to make sure that the kitchen has a GOOD first aid kit
handy
> >at all times? and good means that it has multiple pairs of non latex
gloves
> >and a CPR shield.  plus a lot of bandages and burn treatments and such
for
> >the universal bane of kitchens  the burn and cut hazard.
>
> I believe the kitchen i have cooked in most often has a First Aid
> kit, although setting up my own and bringing it is a good idea. So
> far, we've been lucky in my kitchens, but burns are very likely.
>
> What should go in it, especially that is oriented to kitchen injuries?
>
> I realize you enumerate some things above, but i'd like to know more
> specifically. For example, what are the best burn treatment products?
> When i burned my finger with hot glue Friday evening before Twelfth
> Night, my waitress in the hotel restaurant kindly brought me what
> they had (i didn't ask, she offered), but it wasn't all that useful
> (some skin numbing gel and some antibiotic creme).
>
> >3. do you bring extra pot holders?  a shortage of pot holders and so on
> >makes for a higher burn hazard.. Alton Brown recomends that you go to the
> >hardware store and buy welders gloves, but even a little quilted square
of
> >heat resistant stuff helps.
>
> I mostly just use folded kitchen towels at home. I always ask my
> feast helpers to bring their own knives and some pot holders. A few
> have even brought bags of old clean towels, too, for multi-purpose
> use.
>
> Anahita
> and, no, i don't have garb with reflective tape for crossing parking
> lots... Sounds like it might be good for tent guy ropes. There's a
> West Kingdom law mandating safety flags on guy ropes, but they aren't
> always very visible at night and in dusk or pre-dawn light.
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