First aid

[MikeTonge]

Hi
I’m teaching first aid for divers and looking for some suggestions on good ways to mock up a dislocated shoulder and any suggestions for good ways to mock up a stomach wound? I’ve used bits of pipe and modelling clay to make open and closed fractures and modelling clay on paper to make a few different types of cuts. We’ll use makeup for some abrasions and bruises but any other suggestions would be welcome.
Thanks
Mike

[Dylona]

Tennis ball inside a hoody, showing the shoulder sticking out ?

Stomach wound, get a bit of white foam, slice it and fill with ketchup

[Noggin the Nog]

Tennis ball inside a hoody, showing the shoulder sticking out ?

Stomach wound, get a bit of white foam, slice it and fill with ketchup

Copydex for the wound, and a red whiteboard marker. Copydex, as it sets tends to pick up the background colour. The marker will give you plenty of gore.

[Energy58]

Get a bone from the butcher for a compound fracture with "wax" made from 2 parts flour and 1 part ish vaseline - color using regular makeup and add "blood". You can use the sticky part of sellotape (use water to soak the tape off) manipulated to make scars - coloured with felt tip markers.

[MikeTonge]

Thanks for all the ideas. Made for a great session.

[Noggin the Nog]

A very convincing wound can be simulated on the 'victim' using Copydex and some water colour paint.
The Copydex can be built up in layers/lumps and dries clear so takes on the colour of the backing (flesh) and the water colour paint supplies the blood, gore, pus ..... (my apologies if you're eating)

[Neilwood]

Shame this didnt get asked a few years ago - I was a trained casualty and had recipes for flesh (could make it to match any skin colour and even get freckles in it), blood etc as well as a toolbox full of stage makeup with various shades. We (the group I was a part of) could build up almost anything with enough notice (up to and including a javelin/arrow through a shoulder).

Copydex over the flesh mix mentioned previously should work well but I would say that watercolour paint for blood doesn't work very well (far too runny).

[cazyoung]

For anyone doing first aid courses in the future canned soup makes very realistic vomit............

I got that along with al sorts of other "injuries" when I did an advanced first aid course held by South Central Ambulance some years ago!

[MarkP]

For anyone doing first aid courses in the future canned soup makes very realistic vomit…

A long-dead friend knew the sadly departed Barry Humphries. Allegedly, Humphries got himself banned from flying with BA after stashing tinted potato salad in a sick bag, then later in the flight feigning airsickness, fake vomiting into the bag, then taking out a spoon and eating it.

[WFO]

A long-dead friend knew the sadly departed Barry Humphries. Allegedly, Humphries got himself banned from flying with BA after stashing tinted potato salad in a sick bag, then later in the flight feigning airsickness, fake vomiting into the bag, then taking out a spoon and eating it.

I heard a tale about an old caver who had an issue with some snooty sods in the pub who didn't appreciate the group of cavers general muddy, carbide stinking ambience. He rolled up a lump of malt loaf and left it on the pub floor. When someone drew attention to the "dog muck" he proceeded to pick it up, sniff it carefully, and eat it.