If you have a bee sting,
you should scrape off the stinger, true or false?
Mostly what do you see? Mostly...
Most, well it's actually 50/50.
Okay, the answer is...
True, has to be.
True.
Well, I'm allergic to bees.
You have to get the stinger out.
Good.
But actually for me it's more important that I have
the little red kit that keeps me from dying. (laughing)
Yes, we're going to talk about that too by the way.
So, the answer is actually true and here's the key,
you want to get it out as quickly as possible.
So, you want to get the stinger out.
You can scrape it with your fingernail.
You know, people spend time going through
their wallet looking for a credit card.
If it's available, yes anything to scrape it off.
We're looking, in my husband's case, for his needle
nose as opposed to the other tweezers.
That's right!
Well, speaking of tweezers.
Actually, you don't want to use tweezers.
Ah!
Because...
Bacteria?
Well, no, not yet. That's coming up!
Because with tweezers, if you squeeze it
you'll release more venom from the stinger.
Eww!
So you do not use tweezers in this case.
See there John, you were doing it all wrong!
So, what we want to do, is we want to
make sure we don't use tweezers
but you can do things to reduce some of the swelling.
So, you can use an old-fashioned ice pack, after it's done.
And you use, baking soda is good for almost anything.
Yeah, I agree.
Teeth whitening, you know, smell deodorizer.
Drying up wounds.
Yes!
Drawing out liquids, yep.
So, you take one part baking soda,
about a tablespoon, about a tablespoon of water.
You mix it in like this and you make a little paste,
and you just apply the paste to the wound.
Okay, where the stinger was, that's not a problem.
And the other thing you can do is, of course,
over the counter acetaminophen, ibuprofen,
it's completely fine to take it.
Okay, now Rach' you said that sometimes
you have a bad allergy to bee stings.
Yeah, I'm allergic to bee stings and penicillin.
And that is very key.
So, something called anaphylaxis which is a severe
reaction to bee stings, occurs for some people.
Here are some signs of anaphylaxis:
dizziness, red face, panic, slurred speech, severe pain
and congestion.
If you experience one or more of these symptoms
call 911 or go to your doctor right away
because this is a case where you'd better be safe
than sorry.
Yeah. And they can give you little kits for this,
to help you, if you get a bee sting.
Absolutely! So, once you do that, you know
if you have an allergy you always know how to respond to it.
Good!
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If you have an open wound, you should use
alcohol or hydrogen peroxide to clean it out.
True or false?
That's why I said the third one's for you.
So, even if it was a head wound,
would you do this?
That's the question, a wound on the body.
That's all I'm going to say.
False.
Whoa, well what did you...
Okay, hold on for a second, put it down, thank you.
What'd you clean yours out, your son?
I cleaned it with water.
That's the answer!
That's the right answer!
That's the answer, see.
Yeah!
Lindsay, I hope you're watching baby
because I did the right thing!
So, the answer is you don't hydrogen peroxide
or alcohol.
Now, our grandparents and parents used to do that
and the reason why they did that was because
it actually kills the bacteria.
The problem is it's also killing the
healthy cells around the wound.
Ah, that are trying to heal the wound.
That's right! And that delays the healing so you don't
want to use hydrogen peroxide or alcohol.
Good on you!
But you do use water, so you clean it out with water.
You take the tweezers and you use alcohol for the tweezers,
make sure the tweezers are clean.
And then you take out large bits of debris,
rinse it with the water
and then you take some soap and water.
This is our soap, you take some mild soap and water like so.
You mix it up like this and then you want to
make sure you clean around the wound.
You don't want to get the soap in the wound
because it becomes more of an irritant.
Gotcha! So, that is the key.
And then you bandage it?
Some cases you can bandage it, some cases not.
It depends on how deep the wound is
and then that happens, okay?
And to stop bleeding, do you raise your?
Elevate or what?
Well, it's really about compression
and you want to apply enough pressure
so that the clotting cascade can occur.
Gotcha!
So, it's more clotting than it is and pressure.
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