Vrilmed Emergency Wound Closure Strips 3-hasps Zip Stitch Sutures Painless Wound Care Adhesive Bandages for First Aid Zipper Laceration Repair Without Stitches for Wound Care

This arrived in a 13” x 6½” x 1½” cardboard package, which was not sealed. We think a soft packaging system might work better, to save space, as the contents was no thicker than ½” and would make us think everything more sterile.Having the right tools can make a difference and can reduce recovery time, scarring, and possibly to save a life. A big risk that exists, that many people do not think about, is that a hemorrhaging wound may not have been by caused by an accident. We had an incident where a family member had surgery. For whatever reason, the resultant wound started hemorrhaging, on their return home. What to do? We called the surgery center’s on-call nurse. They were skeptical, we tried to be as descriptive as possible. They remained skeptical but advised us to return. However, before doing so, we had to contain the blood loss, it was significant. We had no laceration type bandage to try and close the incision, so we made our own version, it was a growing blotter as we rushed the patient back, plopped them into a wheelchair, and near ran them back into the building. The on-call nurse came around the chest high desk, looked at the patient, and exclaimed, “oh yeah, that’s hemorrhaging.” Turns out the surgical nurse did not close everything, and a little bit of the wrong pressure resulted in what the oil industry calls a gusher.Had we possessed a laceration bandage, we could have done better. We were lucky, then. So, now, we always want to be prepared. How could anyone ever argue against safety? You cannot. You have insurance for your car, this wound closure device is cheap body insurance.This reminds us, in part, of steri-strips (which came about during the 60’s), to address lacerations, which are very clean cuts, think paper cuts all the way to incisions. Wounds can be closed by sutures, surgical staples, adhesives, and skin closure tapes, which this wound closure device would fall under.So, when confronted with a decision on how to do a primary wound closure, this wound closure device would come in very handy.All devices are vacuum packed for purity and to withstand elements. In my opinion, these are excellent, they have an absorbent pad for [large] wet wounds for the large wound device.As always, consult with your health care professional whether this item would be best for your particular use. We would select this item again. Easy to use. Good value. What’s the price of a life?Saving a person’s life, in large part, might be dependent on whether on-scene care can be properly address bleeding.A hemorrhaging wound is no pretty site and needs to be attended to, immediately. Instruction booklet included.We hope our thoughts assist in your decision.

These are much bigger than I anticipated, but are a valuable item for our first aid kit. We do a lot of camping and outdoor activities. After dealing with injuries in the past where we were not prepared for accidents, I thought these may be helpful to keep on hand. Thankfully we haven’t had to actually use them yet, especially since they are very big and intimidating. But they are easy to trim down for smaller lacerations. We trimmed off a piece to try it out, to be sure we understood how to use them in case of an emergency. They are easy to cut down and apply. The instructions are helpful and easy to understand. They seem to stick well on the trial run. I keep these in our car first aid kit so they are always nearby.

So, I took a quick glance at the existing reviews:**nobody who gave this 5 stars actually tried it**You can't trust any "review" that left the product sealed in plastic and never used it. They have no idea if it works or not.I decided to try this because I figure you really don't want to be using this for the first time on a real wound, only to discover you can't figure out how to use it or it doesn't work.• Bad InstructionsThe instruction sheet is massive because it is for every version except this one, all combined, including versions that are single zip tie versions. There is one with a couple combined that is close enough, but it is incredibly stupid for the instructions people may be grabbing at the last minute to have stuff they don't need to sort through. They need to include only the instructions needed for this particular version of the product.*Doesn't Stick WellThis could be user error, and a problem with the tattoo practice skin I tested this on, which isn't made for testing this kind of thing. But who knows? Since this only comes with one, you won't either unless you buy two boxes of these and try one out for yourself. I also couldn't get the tape down evenly.I did take it off the practice skin and try it on my own skin, but it wouldn't stick to my skin either - possibly contaminated by the tattoo skin, but, again, I don't know because they only give you one and nothing to practice with.*No Do OversIf you zip one of the ties too tightly, there is no way to loosen it and you need to take the whole thing off and use a new one. Which is understandable, but since it only comes with one, you are out of luck. And there is a good chance you will over tighten the strips because if you are a consumer and not a medical professional you've likely never used one of these before.Many of the issues I ran into could totally be user error, but since they are marketing these to the general public and not including a spare to try, I think that I'm not the only person who is going to run into these issues. If you do think these could work for you, **get two of them and try one** so you'll know if they actually work for you. You could buy one of the smaller ones to test if you want to save money.

In professional hands, this could save a life. But instructions are minimal, and if one needs to close a big laceration she would need advance training

First things first -- there is ONE, count them ONE wound closure device in the package. You can trim it down, if needed, to use for smaller wounds (I did, slightly, to test it), but it's best kept in an emergency kit, as far as I'm concerned. (That's part of why the images in the listing are funny; you wouldn't be likely to use one, this size, for most facial issues, nor for that knee cut. A cesarean? Maybe, but I'd bet heavily against it.)It's a fairly standard medical item; you will often see similar versions in ERs - they are functionally similar to stitches, if there is no need to also stitch down below the surface. Think of it as really good skin tape meant to go on either side of wound and with unidirectional zip-ties (i.e., you can tighten them, but you can't loosen them) firmly attached to each. In a practical sense, this obviates the need to stitch the surface wound. You do need to prepare a bit; you don't want to try to slap these on a heavily bleeding fresh wound.. But when you reach the 'use some stitches' stage of emergency treatment, these are quick and easy to use. When I tested a single cut off piece on a fresh, but fairly shallow, cut (thanks, whoever called while I was sharpening my kitchen knives and distracted me!), I used it to do the closure, by tilting the cut one way and cleaning off the side blood wasn't flowing onto, then reversing it, doing the other side, and then zipping it closed, but different situations may call for different use -- if I was trying to use the whole item, I'd probably start with a pressure bandage until the blood flow had slowed down enough that a quick clean and apply would work.Keep in mind; products like these are no substitute for going to a doctor, or an ER if needed, but for my Bug-out medical bag, this is an excellent item, and I'd recommend it if you like to camp or hike, as it can certainly help reduce the long term effects of some cuts if you can't get to medical treatment immediately.