TGIF! Hello 2023! And Happy Capitol Tour Anniversary for those that celebrate! For those of us heading back to work, it’s time to shave, among many other things.

Survival – Personal Edition

However, shaving does carry the potential for injury. Although this is focused on facial shaving, these tips will work anywhere else on the body. Wink, wink, nudge, nudge. Let’s start with the minor nicks.

• Start by rinsing out the cut. We don’t want any infections here.
• If you have talcum powder available, apply that to the nicked area. This will dry the cut and allow it start scabbing over. As a bonus the power will hide the cut.
• If you don’t have talcum powder, grab a piece of toilet paper and hold it on the cut until it sticks by itself. Then wait a bit to allow everything to clot up.
• Apply water to the toilet paper and carefully remove it. The water will keep the toilet paper from re-opening the cut.

There you go. Your tiny cut can now heal and you won’t die.

Now for the serious part, a major cut. You’re probably going to urgent care or the emergency room, but in the meantime here’s what you can do to last that long.

• Apply firm pressure over the wound to try to stop the bleeding. If the bleeding does stop, continue the pressure for 10 minutes, then head in to get help.
• If the bleeding isn’t stopping, don’t panic yet. There will be plenty of time for that later. The pressure should have slowed the bleeding enough to take some additional precautionary steps.
• Try pinching the skin around the bleeding area. This should close the blood vessel and minimize further bleeding.
• If heavy bleeding continues, you might not be working the correct spot. Use a clean cloth to wipe around the area and try to locate the exact spot of the bleeding. If found, pinch that area.
• Still bleeding? While keeping pressure on the wound, also apply pressure above and below the cut. The blood vessels are being supplied from one of those directions. You can narrow this down as well. Steady blood flow means you hit a vein, so focus on applying pressure above the cut. Spurting blood means an artery, so focus on below the wound.
• If you’re cut your neck, keep in mind the 4 jugular veins. The two on the sides of the neck are only skin deep. The two near the throat are much deeper and have a protective sheath. If you’ve cut any one of these, get to the emergency room immediately.

And there you go. Your sacrifice of blood for the Blood God will not be forgotten and you just might live long enough to cash in on that.

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Survival – Species Edition

Time to put the sexy in Friday!

Enjoy the weekend, folks! Alright, now let’s get to what’s most important: Commenting and drinking!