Workplace Injury

[John Larkin]

I burned my finger on my soldering iron, trying to solder down an SC79
varicap. Haven't done that in decades. I mean, burn my finger.

I put an ice cream sandwich on it, but that didn't last. I might need
another one.

--

John Larkin Highland Technology, Inc
picosecond timing precision measurement

jlarkin att highlandtechnology dott com
http://www.highlandtechnology.com

 

[Phil Hobbs]

On 2020-04-21 19:23, John Larkin wrote:

I burned my finger on my soldering iron, trying to solder down an SC79
varicap. Haven't done that in decades. I mean, burn my finger.

I put an ice cream sandwich on it, but that didn't last. I might need
another one.

https://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/2015/06/09/

Cheers

Phil Hobbs

--
Dr Philip C D Hobbs
Principal Consultant
ElectroOptical Innovations LLC / Hobbs ElectroOptics
Optics, Electro-optics, Photonics, Analog Electronics
Briarcliff Manor NY 10510

http://electrooptical.net
http://hobbs-eo.com

 

[George Herold]

On Tuesday, April 21, 2020 at 7:23:58 PM UTC-4, John Larkin wrote:

I burned my finger on my soldering iron, trying to solder down an SC79
varicap. Haven't done that in decades. I mean, burn my finger.

I put an ice cream sandwich on it, but that didn't last. I might need
another one.

--

John Larkin Highland Technology, Inc
picosecond timing precision measurement

jlarkin att highlandtechnology dott com
http://www.highlandtechnology.com

A cup of ice water?
I remember playing capture the flag at boy scout camp
with my one hand in a bucket of water that I was dragging
around after burning my hand.

George H.

 

[bitrex]

On 4/21/2020 7:23 PM, John Larkin wrote:

I burned my finger on my soldering iron, trying to solder down an SC79
varicap. Haven't done that in decades. I mean, burn my finger.

I put an ice cream sandwich on it, but that didn't last. I might need
another one.

Never ice a burn injury. You run the affected area under cool (not cold)
water. For a small soldering-iron second-degree burn on the fingers
about 15-20 seconds should do. Take one or two ibuprofen immediately,
apply Neosporin around the edges of where the blister will form, and
apply a bandage (I like the band-aids with the yellow
have-a-nice-day-smiley on them.)

After the scab forms remove bandage and re-apply Neosporin daily until
scab falls off. Depending on depth and size some discoloration will
remain for several weeks up to a couple months on small burn injuries
but on the hands at least for me the minor ones seem to heal without
scarring.

 

[Phil Hobbs]

On 2020-04-21 19:48, bitrex wrote:

On 4/21/2020 7:23 PM, John Larkin wrote:


I burned my finger on my soldering iron, trying to solder down an SC79
varicap. Haven't done that in decades. I mean, burn my finger.

I put an ice cream sandwich on it, but that didn't last. I might need
another one.


Never ice a burn injury.

Bad advice.

Cheers

Phil Hobbs

 

[John Larkin]

On Tue, 21 Apr 2020 19:48:49 -0400, bitrex <user@example.net> wrote:

On 4/21/2020 7:23 PM, John Larkin wrote:


I burned my finger on my soldering iron, trying to solder down an SC79
varicap. Haven't done that in decades. I mean, burn my finger.

I put an ice cream sandwich on it, but that didn't last. I might need
another one.


Never ice a burn injury. You run the affected area under cool (not cold)
water. For a small soldering-iron second-degree burn on the fingers
about 15-20 seconds should do. Take one or two ibuprofen immediately,
apply Neosporin around the edges of where the blister will form, and
apply a bandage (I like the band-aids with the yellow
have-a-nice-day-smiley on them.)

After the scab forms remove bandage and re-apply Neosporin daily until
scab falls off. Depending on depth and size some discoloration will
remain for several weeks up to a couple months on small burn injuries
but on the hands at least for me the minor ones seem to heal without
scarring.

I prefer ice cream sandwiches. I'm allergic to neosporin anyhow.

--

John Larkin Highland Technology, Inc
picosecond timing precision measurement

jlarkin att highlandtechnology dott com
http://www.highlandtechnology.com

 

[Tom Del Rosso]

Phil Hobbs wrote:

On 2020-04-21 19:48, bitrex wrote:
On 4/21/2020 7:23 PM, John Larkin wrote:


I burned my finger on my soldering iron, trying to solder down an
SC79 varicap. Haven't done that in decades. I mean, burn my finger.

I put an ice cream sandwich on it, but that didn't last. I might
need another one.


Never ice a burn injury.

Bad advice.

I find that running cold water carries away more heat.

 

[dcaster@krl.org]

On Tuesday, April 21, 2020 at 7:56:15 PM UTC-4, Phil Hobbs wrote:

On 2020-04-21 19:48, bitrex wrote:
On 4/21/2020 7:23 PM, John Larkin wrote:


I burned my finger on my soldering iron, trying to solder down an SC79
varicap. Haven't done thatTLS in decades. I mean, burn my finger.

I put an ice cream sandwichTLS on it, but that didn't last. I might need
another one


Never ice a burn injury.

Bad advice.

Cheers

Phil Hobbs

+ 1

If you get ice or other cold bit on the burned area, you will not get a blister and not need Neosporin.

Dan

 

[Phil Hobbs]

On 2020-04-21 20:47, Tom Del Rosso wrote:

Phil Hobbs wrote:
On 2020-04-21 19:48, bitrex wrote:
On 4/21/2020 7:23 PM, John Larkin wrote:


I burned my finger on my soldering iron, trying to solder down an
SC79 varicap. Haven't done that in decades. I mean, burn my finger.

I put an ice cream sandwich on it, but that didn't last. I might
need another one.


Never ice a burn injury.

Bad advice.

I find that running cold water carries away more heat.

A finger burn doesn't need the primary heat of the burn removed. It
needs constant gentle cold to prevent the swelling from causing more
damage than it helps.

In an infection, a certain amount inflammation is a good thing--it helps
the body's immune resources get where they're needed. In a burn with no
infection, it's more of a hindrance.

Cheers

Phil Hobbs

(Not a doctor, but a former Industrial First Aid attendant)


--
Dr Philip C D Hobbs
Principal Consultant
ElectroOptical Innovations LLC / Hobbs ElectroOptics
Optics, Electro-optics, Photonics, Analog Electronics
Briarcliff Manor NY 10510

http://electrooptical.net
http://hobbs-eo.com

 

[bitrex]

On 4/21/2020 7:56 PM, Phil Hobbs wrote:

On 2020-04-21 19:48, bitrex wrote:
On 4/21/2020 7:23 PM, John Larkin wrote:


I burned my finger on my soldering iron, trying to solder down an SC79
varicap. Haven't done that in decades. I mean, burn my finger.

I put an ice cream sandwich on it, but that didn't last. I might need
another one.


Never ice a burn injury.

Bad advice.

Cheers

Phil Hobbs

"Minor burn injury, step 1: Buy a 1994 V12 BMW 830Ci and leave your wife
immediately for a 23 y/o goth stripper from Las Vegas of questionable
emotional stability"

would be "bad advice"

 

[bitrex]

On 4/21/2020 8:47 PM, Tom Del Rosso wrote:

Phil Hobbs wrote:
On 2020-04-21 19:48, bitrex wrote:
On 4/21/2020 7:23 PM, John Larkin wrote:


I burned my finger on my soldering iron, trying to solder down an
SC79 varicap. Haven't done that in decades. I mean, burn my finger.

I put an ice cream sandwich on it, but that didn't last. I might
need another one.


Never ice a burn injury.

Bad advice.

I find that running cold water carries away more heat.

I believe the rule-of-thumb is that outside of certain specific
circumstances you wouldn't apply anything directly to a wound, acutely,
that you would hesitate to apply directly to your cojones.

 

[Ricky C]

On Tuesday, April 21, 2020 at 9:15:16 PM UTC-4, bitrex wrote:

On 4/21/2020 8:47 PM, Tom Del Rosso wrote:
Phil Hobbs wrote:
On 2020-04-21 19:48, bitrex wrote:
On 4/21/2020 7:23 PM, John Larkin wrote:


I burned my finger on my soldering iron, trying to solder down an
SC79 varicap. Haven't done that in decades. I mean, burn my finger.

I put an ice cream sandwich on it, but that didn't last. I might
need another one.


Never ice a burn injury.

Bad advice.

I find that running cold water carries away more heat.




I believe the rule-of-thumb is that outside of certain specific
circumstances you wouldn't apply anything directly to a wound, acutely,
that you would hesitate to apply directly to your cojones.

Is that intended to be some sort of limitation???

--

Rick C.

- Get 1,000 miles of free Supercharging
- Tesla referral code - https://ts.la/richard11209

 

[Phil Hobbs]

On 2020-04-21 21:03, bitrex wrote:

On 4/21/2020 7:56 PM, Phil Hobbs wrote:
On 2020-04-21 19:48, bitrex wrote:
On 4/21/2020 7:23 PM, John Larkin wrote:


I burned my finger on my soldering iron, trying to solder down an SC79
varicap. Haven't done that in decades. I mean, burn my finger.

I put an ice cream sandwich on it, but that didn't last. I might need
another one.


Never ice a burn injury.

Bad advice.

Cheers

Phil Hobbs

"Minor burn injury, step 1: Buy a 1994 V12 BMW 830Ci and leave your wife
immediately for a 23 y/o goth stripper from Las Vegas of questionable
emotional stability"

would be "bad advice"

I'm so glad you gave us your best bad advice the first time.

Cheers

Phil Hobbs

 

On Tue, 21 Apr 2020 21:03:32 -0400, bitrex <user@example.net> wrote:

On 4/21/2020 7:56 PM, Phil Hobbs wrote:
On 2020-04-21 19:48, bitrex wrote:
On 4/21/2020 7:23 PM, John Larkin wrote:


I burned my finger on my soldering iron, trying to solder down an SC79
varicap. Haven't done that in decades. I mean, burn my finger.

I put an ice cream sandwich on it, but that didn't last. I might need
another one.


Never ice a burn injury.

Bad advice.

Cheers

Phil Hobbs

"Minor burn injury, step 1: Buy a 1994 V12 BMW 830Ci and leave your wife
immediately for a 23 y/o goth stripper from Las Vegas of questionable
emotional stability"

Sounds like a good way to get a secondary infection.




--

John Larkin Highland Technology, Inc

Science teaches us to doubt.

Claude Bernard

 

[Phil Allison]

jla...@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:

bitrex <user@example.net> wrote:

===============================

"Minor burn injury, step 1: Buy a 1994 V12 BMW 830Ci and leave your wife
immediately for a 23 y/o goth stripper from Las Vegas of questionable
emotional stability"


Sounds like a good way to get a secondary infection.

** ROTFL !!

JL cracked a funny.



..... Phil

 

On Tue, 21 Apr 2020 19:58:00 -0700 (PDT), Phil Allison
<pallison49@gmail.com> wrote:

jla...@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:

bitrex <user@example.net> wrote:

===============================


"Minor burn injury, step 1: Buy a 1994 V12 BMW 830Ci and leave your wife
immediately for a 23 y/o goth stripper from Las Vegas of questionable
emotional stability"


Sounds like a good way to get a secondary infection.


** ROTFL !!

JL cracked a funny.



.... Phil

"There's safety in numbers."

And the safest number is 1.



--

John Larkin Highland Technology, Inc

Science teaches us to doubt.

Claude Bernard

 

[artie]

In article <frvu9fdi6dqv0k5pnbh6ql5di9savm89v5@4ax.com>, John Larkin
<jlarkin@highland_atwork_technology.com> wrote:

I burned my finger on my soldering iron, trying to solder down an SC79
varicap. Haven't done that in decades. I mean, burn my finger.

I put an ice cream sandwich on it, but that didn't last. I might need
another one.

Haven't tried ice cream. Most of the time if I do it these days, I
don't even bother to swear, unless the tip isn't clean and it's cooled
off a little -- that hurts more.

You'd think that after decades of soldering, I'd have learned that you
just can't solder fingers.

 

[Pimpom]

On 4/22/2020 7:48 AM, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:

On Tue, 21 Apr 2020 21:03:32 -0400, bitrex <user@example.net> wrote:

On 4/21/2020 7:56 PM, Phil Hobbs wrote:
On 2020-04-21 19:48, bitrex wrote:
On 4/21/2020 7:23 PM, John Larkin wrote:


I burned my finger on my soldering iron, trying to solder down an SC79
varicap. Haven't done that in decades. I mean, burn my finger.

I put an ice cream sandwich on it, but that didn't last. I might need
another one.


Never ice a burn injury.

Bad advice.

Cheers

Phil Hobbs

"Minor burn injury, step 1: Buy a 1994 V12 BMW 830Ci and leave your wife
immediately for a 23 y/o goth stripper from Las Vegas of questionable
emotional stability"


Sounds like a good way to get a secondary infection.

LOL That was a good one.

Yesterday my son burned his hand by dropping hot glue on it while
repairing his game pad. He ran cold water on the hand and then
applied toothpaste. Worked well.

 

You'd think that after decades of soldering, I'd have learned that you
just can't solder fingers.

Try indium-tin eutectic and an ultrasonic iron. The right flux helps too.

Cheers

Phil Hobbs

 

On Wed, 22 Apr 2020 11:57:35 +0100, Mike Coon
<gravity@mjcoon.plus.com> wrote:

In article <frvu9fdi6dqv0k5pnbh6ql5di9savm89v5@4ax.com>,
jlarkin@highland_atwork_technology.com says...

I burned my finger on my soldering iron, trying to solder down an SC79
varicap. Haven't done that in decades. I mean, burn my finger.

I put an ice cream sandwich on it, but that didn't last. I might need
another one.

Do you mean another finger? Where can you get those?

Mike.

Once I knocked a soldering iron off a table and caught it in mid-air.
Only once.



--

John Larkin Highland Technology, Inc

Science teaches us to doubt.

Claude Bernard