ORIGINAL: bruce88123
Warning to people using scalpels: be very, very careful. You can do MAJOR body damage in a single mistake. I have not as yet and am trying my best not to. You can do serious damage to your hand just mounting the blade, or removing it
Kids don't try this at home. We're trained professionals here............WOOPS..........anybody got any suture handy?
I know this is off topic, but a great story......... At work one day, the instrument tech was handing the scalpel (#10 blade) to the surgeon, and for whatever reason (neither one paying close enough attention), it got dropped in the pass, and fell blade first....through the surgeon's gown.........down his pant leg (between the cloth and his skin)......out the bottom of his scrub pants......and stuck in the floor next to his shoe...........AND NEVER CUT HIM. I'd rather be lucky than good.