|
I stitch probably 3-4 times a week. Was taught by practicing on a pickled pigs foot. But since bad results can happen, and this is America, you really need malpractice insurance to do it, so its usually left in the realm of docs and thier assistants
Special "cutting" needles are usually used, which have a triangular cross section and are curved- these help cut through the skin(its tough!).
Lots of different sutures(thread) used- depending on what and where you are stitching: Chromic is disolvable(your body attacks and dissolves it-for subsurface layers) silk, ethilon(used mostly for surface- not dissolvable) and proline(good for scalps-colored blue to stand out from the hairs) and all in different thicknesses. Sold in sterilized packs
I imagine if you have the balls to inject yourself with the local, you can stitch yourself, but so many lacerations occur on the arms and hands, its not very likely you can do it one handed!
__________________
For me there is only the traveling on paths that have heart, on any path that may have heart. There I travel, and the only worthwhile challenge is to traverse its full length. And there I travel, looking, looking, ...breathlessly.
-Carlos Castaneda
|