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I had sliced the potatoes with my mandoline, which I am oh, so very,
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Seems like a good story to introduce myself with since it displays my own clumisiness even though I know better and has bearing on a recent thread:
I was preparing potatoes to fry with my mandolin but you know how it so hard to start potatoes going with the guard so I started the first potato by hand and then switched to the quard to finish it off. Then the next one but before I could switch to the guard DD #2 came in and in the commotion I just kept on slicing and didn't even notice that the tip of my finger had joined the potatoes on the plate (eww) until DD #3 screamed.
Knowing the usual wait at our local (Pacific NW about 30 minutes from Vancouver, BC in the US) emergency room I decided to apply pressure and hold my arm over my head. After a half an hour and increasingly hysterical DDs with no noticible decrease in blood gushing, I agreed to go to the emergency room.
This was a week day, early evening (not a rush time in other words) and after 4 hours during which we had been given bandages to soak up the blood that was still flowing freely we were seen. I was given a shot for the pain and a clotting material plus bandage. Time seen by professionals = 10 min.at most. Time in emergency department = 5 hours. Cost = nearly $1000.
I admit it was not life threatening but jeeze! Next time, I'll apply my own bandages. And if I even use the mandolin again (it's been 6 months and my knife skills have never been better) I'll use the damn guard from the first.
Also, the triage nurse was very confused when I told her I did it on a mandolin. She couldn't figure out how a musical instrument cut off my finger!
Blessings, Ann
