Trying Surgery For First Time With CHEAP Medical Kit

First time surgery with a student medical kit from Amazon. Sponsor: Use my code NERDE10 & link: bit.ly/3zYUUtG to enjoy additional 10% savings off Sophie & Toffee Subscription Boxes! This first aid skill is easy sutures. I love trying new skills like tattooing for the first time, piercing for the first time, and now I'm exploring medical first aid kit skills. This was such a unique experience and I hope I'll never need this skill. Let's unbox and review this first aid medical student kit.
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Hi fellow grains! My name is Jackie and I love crafting geeky diys. I mainly do polymer clay tutorials, but I also do resin crafting, felt diys, and custom diy soap on my channel, but I love experimenting and having fun! Let's go on this diy crafting journey together ^_^ Remember to hashtag Nerdecrafter on Instagram if you make anything geeky. Also, if you share my videos, you automatically get love and sparkles (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧
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[@nerdecrafter]

Sponsor: Use my code NERDE10 & link: bit.ly/3zYUUtG to enjoy additional 10% savings off Sophie & Toffee Subscription Boxes!

[@riadevalia2831]

hiii! I love your channel 🌸❤️

[@chundypreety4046]

Hi

[@riadevalia2831]

@@chundypreety4046 yay!! :D

[@Just1Nora]

Just got my August S&T windchime box! I'm not positive what the point of having dye for the silicone molds is though...gonna have to go watch some YT tutorials on that...

[@michellechen4680]

5th yay

[@damonavu2288]

An artist, piercer, tattoo artist, and now a surgeon- Jackie is becoming the Barbie of the craft world 🤝

[@nerdecrafter]

lol OMG 😂

[@johnny_boi5456]

Lmao so true!

[@blesmol5091]

SHSHHAHAHAHAHAHA

[@annyaverduzco5870]

OMG I love this!😂

[@Saighin]

Maybe if a hyperbolic Karen sees this video & rages "what's next, explosives?!" we can get a "rocket scientist NerdEBarbie" testing STEM kits that launce a model rocket build in the yard 🚀🧨😉

[@mazzyelf]

Karen is going to need therapy after this Therapist swivels around in chair to reveal Jackie: Hello I'm Dr Jackie, just trying this out.

[@nerdecrafter]

lol OMG 😂😂😂😂

[@ToadOnTheToadStool]

Imagine this happened IT BE SOOOOOOOOOOOO GOOD

[@onishojo9430]

HAHAHAHAHA

[@gloriazaragoza3349]

Hahaha...

[@mysticalmulberries]

🤣😂

[@jana_the_vet]

This was fun to watch and took me back to university. Every surgeon learned suturing more or less like that. And @NerdECrafter: the reason why your suture with the ketchup looked strange is because you sometimes went under and sometimes in the loop you created with the end of the thread. What you were supposed to do were Lembert sutures (I guess) and you did lock stitch (my favorite btw). And: Reusable suture needles do exist. Also using suture/thread out of a big box is cheaper, so we do use it a lot in veterinary medicine. But yes, one then has to start threading in the middle of surgery. Luckily we usually have great assistants by our sides to prepare everything. Love to all you vet nurses/techs/assistants out there :)

[@TracyLynnAP]

Thank you for caring for the littles and not so littles out there. I greatly appreciate all you and your vet crew do.

[@jana_the_vet]

@@TracyLynnAP Thank you :) It is good to know and sometimes hear or read that there are still many people who appreciate other people's work. We (as a society) should do that so much more. Have a great day!

[@amara560]

I had to bring a chicken breast to midwifery school to learn suturing. Wish we had these kits in ny country.

[@Sabi3293]

"I'm a professional moron!" - I just need that quote-merch in my life, as a warning tag for people having to deal with me. xD

[@nicoles.7229]

Jackie: "I don't know why I do these things" Me: "I dunno but I'm here for it" 👀🤣❤

[@isisgage]

Hell, we all are!!

[@wojciechwarnke4074]

Me too

[@Nobody-bq1so]

Lol same

[@frfr_11]

Same lol

[@paranoiarpincess]

You know... she also said "dentistry." Fun fact, they now use a kind of uv resin like material to fill cavities? There could be something there... like "Filling a cavity, WITH ART! *FOR SCIENCE!* "

[@nerdecrafter]

lol! I’m trying to find dentistry kits, but I can’t seem to

[@hope_likes_fnaf3007]

@@nerdecrafter if u do ur name will be dr salty queen :)

[@Saighin]

@@nerdecrafter one of the subscription boxes you got from Jazza had a kit full of dental picks used for fine detailing in sculpting 😂

[@beanny0268]

@@nerdecrafter The Bentist would have so much fun with your video if you did and could probably point you in the right direction for a kit, LOL!!!!

[@raven8sma]

@@nerdecrafter I can imagine you buying the stuff to make dental casts and then making prosthetic teeth. Either that or those non-toxic moldable plastic beads.

[@shaunacorrigan9372]

This is how I imagine Jackie came up with this series after trying a sewing craft kit: "Ugh, this is no fun. I hate fiber crafts! Maybe I can just try sticking these needles into people instead....🤔"

[@nerdecrafter]

And apparently it’s fun lol

[@Def.not.a.monkey]

Hiiii jackie3e33eeeee

[@mccauleylankford6887]

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[@victoriam6626]

I'm a theatre nurse (OR) and we call them haemostats. It includes needle clamps, tissue holders and other forceps. It just depended on what the doctor (carded information along with needle and thread preferences). We just in our counts called them haemostats (five curved, five straight and so no). The running stitch was wrong because you brought the needle over the thread kind of like a blanket stitch. But awesome effort! Swabs are used for cleaning.

[@mayghaendurso4720]

I was a surgical vet tech for 4 years and this had me cackling! I was indeed shouting at the screen when you first looked at the tools and thinking the scalpel blades were the needle tips lol. Don't even get me started on your thoughts about threading the needle in the middle of surgery! Thanks for the laughs!

[@aqsaachaudhry3780]

Patient: "I am bleeding" Dr. Jackie: "Have you tried Tylenol?" As a recent medical graduate, I wish I could have been as efficient in my studies lol Loving the videos!

[@kioku618]

Sounds like a middle school nurse!

[@emmathetoad6686]

God loves all God Bless

[@owllovingapril]

I went to the ER with a horrible bladder infection after having an abdominal Hysterectomy. Due to bladder injury during surgery I had to have a catheter for 12 miserable horrid days. At the ER I asked for something for the pain, after all I was just released from a 3 night stay in the castle, the male nurse named Shannon, told me to go home and take extra strength Tylenol. After all, you are the medical professional telling a woman that just had a full abdominal hysterectomy only 3 days prior that presented with a bad bladder infection to go home and take Tylenol. I was not happy. Hell, if I had to go home for medicine I would just have taken the pain medicine I was prescribed. Yeah, not a great experience.

[@kioku618]

@@owllovingapril Yikes. I'm so sorry. Also I've had a friend warn me because I'm very shy with doctors that a lot of doctors unfortunately tend to very commonly underplay women's pain or assume it's less than they are suggesting.

[@ariethninja6280]

You know she's not a navy doc becuase she said Tylenol instead of water and ibuprofen.

[@swfllpeyton]

Jackie: this is a very good fidget toy Me: pulls out my suture kit during class.

[@grass-ifrass]

YES JACKIE!! The issue with the stitch is you are catching the tensioned string with your needle - like, with the string you're holding with your hand, it is overlapping with the "working" string... so instead of / / / / you get ]/ ]/. So you will want to keep the tension string to the left of the working string, like your second or third stitch!

[@mekamalice9698]

Being the most professional doctor that you are Jackie I thought you might wanna know the "scissors" you picked up first with the locking mechanism around actually called hemostats. They are used for tying the sutures closed among other things! Keep up the good work and I'm sure you will get your white coat in no time! Lol I seriously love everytime I see you have uploaded

[@roxanebrite]

The first ones are needle drivers to hold the needle and the second curved ones are hemostats 😊

[@sesshomaruslover1]

@@roxanebrite from my experience and the nurses in my family they are all technically hemostats

[@roxanebrite]

@@sesshomaruslover1 I'm a vet tech (animal nurse) and in school we always called them needle drivers. I did a quick Google search and it says the major difference is that needle drivers have short blunt beaks and are stronger than hemostats. 😊 There are two major types of needle drivers one called Mayo Hegar and the other Olsen Hegar that have a sissor built in. The one Jackie has in the kit are Mayo Hegar.

[@sesshomaruslover1]

@@roxanebrite my mom is a Nurse and always called both the same unless there's a different one that isn't curved too

[@Hiphop618]

I'm a former OR nurse (mostly did circulating but occasionally scrubbed) and I was screaming "they're not scissors they're hemostats!" and then Jackie called me out on my yelling. Edit: In my experience, hemostat and needle drivers are used interchangeably because the former can also be used to clamp down on blood vessels.

[@Elfdaughter]

‘“I can hear you all the way to Canada, stop yelling!” Me: *stops yelling and starts laughing….* no, I’m kidding, this is brilliant! Way to show those Karen’s too!!

[@vickiclist7671]

Lol

[@H4il3y.H]

are you from canada i am from canada

[@debraespey3968]

This is a great video. Kudos for trying something new. I’ve been a surgical technologist for over 20 years and this video had me crying happy tears! I would be honored to come to Canada and assist Dr. Jackie with more surgery.

[@nerdecrafter]

We’d make more trouble than solutions together lol

[@debraespey3968]

@@nerdecrafter that is half the fun in life. The other half is trying to figure out how to get out of said trouble.

[@bryleighferguson6367]

The only thing I’d be worried about them getting hurt with that needle

[@CharlieX888]

Loving this series! Mario showed you the running stitch but you managed to "upgrade" into a blanket stitch instead! Good job Jackie! Haha!

[@nerdecrafter]

lol

[@em_m5989]

Jackie, have you noticed that the doctor didn't let his strings cross each other when doing the running stitch? (apart from the knots ofc) That's the bit he did differently from you

[@clueless4238]

I came here for this. Lol. She was basically doing "running knots" instead of a stitch. She got one of the stitches right! Lol

[@emilylucas8351]

I was literally yelling at the screen “stop putting your needle through the loop!” I’m not a doctor but even I could see that’s what was going wrong

[@yazdhenab.]

@@emilylucas8351 As a knitter, I am using "running knots" to assemble some crafted things like felt XD

[@geekyourpink5357]

@@emilylucas8351 a seamstress here, I was also screaming at the screen to not put the needle through the loop while watching this xD

[@Cheshiregrinn91]

@@clueless4238 yeah she botched that second technique real good. XD

[@Just1Nora]

"Hemostats Jackie!" "Don't yell at me! I can hear you all the way in Canada!" "Oh dang...I didn't realize I was that loud...SC to Canada..."

[@TheRocketbabydoll]

Don’t I shouted from the UK, this video bought me back so many memories, although rarely had simulation kits, pigs trotters from the butchers was what we practiced on.

[@pinkperson6526]

I can hear you all the to Asia too!!

[@elainelee21]

Jackie going from simple continuous to interlocking has made my day🤣🤣. Honestly, I had the same energy the first time suturing !

[@rubydragonjd1]

As a health care aide, your humor brings me so much joy, Jackie you're hilarious! Also, there, you're trained and we're short staffed, come to work 😂

[@vampyrekyng_lex]

“I didn’t hear anything you said but I’m just gonna give you Tylenol” this..is painfully accurate. I have not had good experiences with doctors

[@hilaryg6293]

I can’t even count how many times I’ve been told that it’s probably stress and I need to relax 🙄🤦🏻‍♀️

[@vampyrekyng_lex]

@@hilaryg6293 Exactly! And then there’s the time my nurse practitioner sent me to get x-rays to see why my stomach was sore. I wait for 2 hours. Finally get to see the doctor, he touches my stomach and decides that since I’m not screaming in pain nothing could possibly be wrong with me. He recommends me non prescription medicine and I leave VERY angry. Like you couldn’t even do the X-rays to see?? That my personal nurse requested??

[@doubtful_seer]

Yeah, as someone with several chronic illnesses who has been disabled and enduring the hell of constant doctor visits and specialists for nearly a decade now (technically my whole life, but I got a few years break), it’s WAY too accurate. Especially when you’re afab female presenting.

[@lazyhomebody1356]

@@vampyrekyng_lex Reminds me I was in college and broke my finger playing volleyball. When I went to the male nurse he twisted my finger and told me, "If it were broken you'd be screaming." About a week later I saw another campus nurse and yeah, it WAS broken

[@urgae9125]

@@lazyhomebody1356 Yeah, it's a sexist precedent in medicine, where you're damned if you do, damned if you don't. Howling in pain as an afab/female presenting person? Dramatic, hysterical, isn't that bad, just wants drugs. Completely silent? Eh, must not be that bad, you're fine, go take some advil, you don't need any drugs. It's even worse for women of color, since there are some medical text books that were used not long ago (Go watch Doctor Mike on this), that say "black people have a higher pain tolerance." Not only do women of color have to deal with sexism in medicine, they deal w racism.

[@lordcy9615]

Karen: how dare you experiment with stuff, expand your horizons, and even provide disclaimers for the idiots. Jackie: well now I'm gonna do what I want but twice as hard.

[@DrFeelGoood]

i believe the issue with the running suture Jackie was that you were putting the hemostats above instead of under, causing the suture to tie a knot every time. Hard to describe lol. I only noticed because I sew a lot and it can also be a problem when hand sewing

[@GrainneSheridan]

I love this video partly because it came out just a day or two after I had stitches and was stuck in bed watching this.

[@tibicenlinnei4014]

Ive had to do sutures on myself (camping trip gone wrong not clickbait). I'm in mortuary school so I have some knowledge.....but tbh I think everyone should know basic suturing skills because....it can save yourself or others. And yes. I am an absolute badass for doing my own stitches. It's a great story to pull out at a party after a few adult beverages. Makes people squirm lmao.

[@guinevere4374]

As someone who's also had to do the same, I wish I could call myself a badass over it. 😂 In reality it could have been described only as "a mess" and "just slightly traumatizing".

[@pedanticm]

Jackie: "I hate sewing." Me while watching this video: *cross stitching* IT GETS BETTER!!

[@dragon-since-1806]

Hi

[@dragon-since-1806]

Chloe

[@TheAussieShalien]

ME!

[@Shorty88841]

Hey Jackie you make me smile every day I watch you, I’m in a ruff patch in my life and you make me smile and feel happy thank you❤

[@caitgrate6172]

I have worked as a technician in an ER with a bunch of army medics and this had me laughing so hard. Thank you for giving this a try and I'm glad you found some type of sewing the appeals to you!

[@gloriaawaskar7568]

Jackie roasting the kits she reviews is literally the reason I am sooo obsessed with her.... anyways you are cool

[@lazyhomebody1356]

Karens.

[@Taminaminaaa]

Jacky: „So I don’t have to worry!“ Me, med student, worrying a lot seeing her hold the needle between her fingers 😳

[@karenurquhart5228]

Wait then how are you supposed to hold it, like one med clamp on the needle and one med clamp helping with the stitch thread?

[@Taminaminaaa]

@@karenurquhart5228 You pick it up directly with the needle driver and let go to do the knots. For the next suture, you pick it up again (which can be a challenge with the even tinier needles we use for vessels for example). Sure, sometimes we lose our patience and grab it carefully with our fingers, but I had attendings berate me for that because you really don’t wanna prick yourself 😅

[@ScottishCabbage]

They're sharp as heck! Can slice skin if held wrong...

[@Taminaminaaa]

@@ScottishCabbage yeah the ones she used are reverse cutting needles, so the half moon shape is actually sharp too, not only the needle tip 😅

[@Wolfiechrm]

@@ScottishCabbage What a great way to get a stick injury. I think she got one in the piercing episode.

[@Percy_Of_The_Sea]

I know that the Y insision is typically used for autopsies. Specifically chest autopsies and are used by coroners when inspecting a corpse to find a cause of death. They typically use alcohol whipes to clean up the wounds. 😂 This tool seems really cool and educational.

[@Anonymous-qb2ve]

Well your smart sent you 🥴😂

[@ASMREUPHORICSTIMULATION]

Wow this was really cool, and I agree the needles with the thread already installed was super cool.

[@rosiet9219]

Loving this series Jackie. So different to see you do something out of your wheelhouse

[@datgaydangernoodle1315]

Yes this is awesome

[@nerdecrafter]

Thank you! I’m seriously having fun exploring things out of my comfort zone😂

[@jennap860]

The Karen Series 🙌🏻😂

[@keirart5328]

@@nerdecrafter you should do More debunking five minute crafts my favorite series! please. luv you🥰

[@missladwig8921]

@@nerdecrafter cash or trash please my favorite series.

[@miquashi]

we tend to use sterile gauze to wipe up "human ketchup". I love that exactly when you mentioned how small the needle was I was thinking "damn that's big". To be fair the only sutures I see are in the mouth and actually the running stitch is one the dentists I assist almost use exclusively. This was really funny to watch someone learn something that is kind of second nature knowledge to me.

[@jacquelinetremblay4166]

I had to get stitches on my shin from a bad cut at work just a few months ago and it's kinda cool to hear the break down of teaching how to do stitches after watching it happen so fast

[@monicahyland8641]

We all learn together on your beautiful experimental channel. I love binge watching your videos Jackie ❤

[@BonTonBunny]

I'm just gonna say this isn't the stupidest thing to learn. Emergency situations happen and who knows when a good stitch may come in handy!

[@mistyfan69]

I agree. I have watched someone else do a simular kit. He's a prepper.

[@doubtful_seer]

Until you can get a doctor to look at it, it’s really best to use some butterfly bandages to hold together the wound (if it’s small enough), or wrap it tightly after disinfecting it. Otherwise you can trap an infection under the skin and end up with things like sepsis, which can kill in a matter of hours.

[@lazyhomebody1356]

@@doubtful_seer Thanks for that!

[@HollieMoodie]

@@doubtful_seer True and true. If you're in a first world country and hospitals can easily be reached its best to get a Dr to look at it. If you're in an area with no hospitals, you have to make sure everything is sterile and that wound is cleaned out and sterile before you make any stitch.

[@seth1393]

I've had so many friends get injuries just glued together with super glue lol

[@everyones-a-cryptic]

Your issue with the running stitch was when you pulled the needle through, it was caught in the "loop" that the thread you were keeping tension on made. That's why you have those sort of horizontal bits between the stitches. The stitch at 29:30 is the only one where it was held out of the way, so it doesn't have those extra bits and looks more like his. If you ever want to try this again, try holding the tension of the excess string off to the other side so it doesn't get caught when you pull it through. Source: I sew and I used to make this mistake a lot as a beginner.

[@jadeskye79]

Yup, she unintentionally ended up doing a blanket stitch 😅

[@YandereSystem]

Yeah omg I was yelling through the screen "it's wrong it's so wrong! How doesn't she notice?!" It was stressing me out xD

[@tommyboyio1363]

Just imagine if the surgeon doing your sutures suddenly started banklet stitching your wound.

[@nicolewolfcry7408]

The blanket stitch is great just not for skin.

[@Anon-ls1kt]

Thank you I was getting triggered 😂😂

[@aspenperry]

i actually think you did pretty well. my only correction would be to make sure you don’t get the one part of the suture thread underneath the other part when doing the running stitch. the third stitch is how it should look throughout. good job though!!

[@jay-leevanderberg8174]

*points at suture remover* “Oh good there’s the needles!!” Too cute 🥰

[@TobixPlay]

For me it looks like you've messed up the second one only because you looped and pull the string one under another, so they crisscrossed. If that makes sense 😅 Love you Jackie, keep Karens searching for new fun ideas 😅

[@abethepunk]

I was yelling but I guess it didn't make it to Canada.

[@sierrasebring5144]

I was looking for this comment lol.

[@CStro167]

@@sierrasebring5144 me too XD

[@kamalionify]

THIS^

[@kamalionify]

@IntercityLisko THIS TOO^

[@vinnygothika7510]

"I didn't hear anything you said, but I'm just gonna give you Tylenol." Wow Jackie you summed up the majority of my experience with doctors.

[@nerdecrafter]

Same 😭

[@supinepoet1]

lol this is very true😂

[@realtracosplay]

Me who sews for a living- someone’s probably already said this but the “running stitch” you did was actually what we call a blanket stitch. You looped the thread back over the needle when pulling it out the other side. It’s actually a super strong stitch and for sure my go to for sewing fabric by hand but I don’t think I’d recommend it on a human hahah

[@creepycutiecrafty6637]

I'm loving these new "adventures in training stuff" videos Jackie is doing! If nothing else, it shows how difficult these things really are - and shouldn't be done by amateurs! 🤣 I think you did a blanket stitch rather than a running stitch, because you were pulling the needle out of the skin inside the loop of thread. But I've definitely seen stitches that looked like that in the past...

[@Armylady74]

Good job Jackie. I was a First Aid instructor in the military. I still use my skills today by carrying a fully loaded first aid kit in my car including for sutures. You never know if you will see an accident and can save a life!

[@nerdecrafter]

That’s amazing!! Maybe I’ll add it in the car too. And gloves lol

[@themadkitkat9302]

@@Armylady74 even if not to that extreme, blankets, hats and spare clothes are also important. after an event my mums car wouldnt start, i was sent home on the train but she had to stay with the car for the recovery people. it wasnt that late in the year but she was freezing and had barely any extra layers to put on. now theres a bunch of warm stuff and raincoats too in the back at all times!

[@Armylady74]

@@themadkitkat9302 it’s always to that extreme. You never know if you will sit hours in traffic due to a accident or stuck in a winter storm. Clothes and blankets are always good to keep during the cold if something happens, along with freeze dried food and water.

[@Pazz_ARTZ]

@@Armylady74 are jerkies and dehydrated fruits good foods for an emergency kits?

[@Armylady74]

@@Pazz_ARTZ sounds good. I keep military MRE’s meals with self heating and also military freeze dried food. I been stuck in traffic for 6 hours due to a accident. I was so glad I had my emergency food! You can also get water that is in pouches.

[@HotMess320]

Coming up on the next NerdECrafter: Our host, Queen of the Salt, Jackie, learns how to insert a foley and an IV. I’m loving the content lately and the fact that one smart ass Karen birthed the idea.

[@ScottishCabbage]

Cannot WAIT to see how Jackie can make foleys KZbin friendly! 🤣😂

[@mochs62512]

YES! please jackie, insert a foley!!

[@melodyhobbs1690]

Start with the male they are a lot easier.

[@ashleynichole5692]

IV insertion would be good entertainment... the realistic arms with the "blood" flowing through

[@arielwatson5667]

This made me actually lol...

[@Ollie_on_pawzzzz]

Jackie I want you to know that as long as you DONT hurt yourself I don't care what you do because you make it fun to watch

[@Yoongiwifie]

Thanks Karen…..keep telling us things to do…..giving us ideas is amazing

[@Leena79]

I grew up with both parents in the medical field, and my mom worked as an operating room nurse, so I actually grew up playing with the instruments she sometimes brought home, both for our emergency kit, and occasionally for crafting. I considered becoming a doctor like my dad, but I'm not a people person, so it didn't happen, but I've inherited a deep curiosity for medical procedures, and way more knowledge about all kinds of surgeries for a non-professional. This kit looks super interesting! I don't know about the different filaments, but there are different types for stitching deeper tissues (which melt on their own), and different thicknesses, too. A cut on the face needs smaller stitches to avoid scars, but if you are getting a knee replacement, on a mobile area, the stitches need to be sturdy. And, if the cut is deep, there are usually the melting stitches in the deeper tissues to keep everything together, and then smaller stitches to keep the skin together. Fascinating stuff! Also, the scalpels and needles are really handy in crafting. I upholstered an armchair once, and mainly used a surgical needle to sew a decorative ribbon on it.

[@alyssa6876]

Dr. Jackie, "I'm going to just give you Tylenol." You could be an Army medic! 😂 I love that you got all of these ideas from one sarcastic Karen. Keep up the amazing work!

[@wolfy1785]

Lol yesss i was just thinking this every army medic/doc ever does this

[@calipup7020]

Oh Jackie! Love your videos!! Super excited your awesome “Not another Crap Kit” just arrived! Love it and looking forward to creating my own Salte figurine! Thanks for sharing your genius with us little grains. (Sorry for all the !!! Just so happy the kit is here)

[@anuskashrestha5202]

I've been meaning to buy this kit to practice my suturing on. So fun to see a non medico try it. 🥰👍

[@jasonneste2575]

Instructor describes the first item in the kit, and Jackie crosses off one whole year of medical school 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@nerdecrafter]

😂

[@FrailSerenity]

"uh huh. Uh huh. I didn't hear anything you said, so I'm just going to give you Tylenol" Canadian healthcare at it's finest 🤣

[@nerdecrafter]

💯 my experiences😂

[@FrailSerenity]

@@nerdecrafter mine too! From way too many doctors!

[@insubordinatecrafts]

American healthcare is just as bad. I had a doctor whom I told about my allergies being pretty bad and told him about some meds one of my friends used for her allergies. He. Prescribed. Those. Same. Meds... changed doctor soon after that. Current doctor told me I didn't need those and told me over the counter would work just fine. Also, he made sure I got the right meds for my depression. The previous doctor didn't even bother to find out more about my depression and all that.

[@suzuranrose2022]

Have you tried losing a little weight? But doc, my arm is broken! A new diet and exercise regimen will have you feeling better than new! But... But my arm? Lose 20 pounds and come back in a month.

[@kyla.wyla1]

@@suzuranrose2022 THISSS

[@Cove_Blue]

I still have my dissection kit from nursing school many moons ago. It's now part of my sculpture/ crafting supplies

[@grandmasmagic3858]

wow..!! I think that tool has practical use in the craft world..could use it when trying to tie knots when hand sewing or when tying off ends in yarn projects...I like this...

[@TheSakemeRoze]

My brother is in college to be a doctor, I'm surprisingly going to get this for his birthday now

[@anom2087]

😂🤣 Yeah and I know what I'll demand for Xmas. 🤣😂🤣

[@MrsBees]

This kit isn't a great quality but there are some great practice skins. I'm a surgical tech and every doctor/resident/med school student has had practice skins. They really do help.

[@rosaliezion5213]

You better buy him some ketchup too Xd

[@TheSakemeRoze]

@@rosaliezion5213 of course!

[@TheSakemeRoze]

@@MrsBees any suggestions?

[@crystalpeacebear1985]

Actually I learned how to suture in while highschool for a few science classes. And this def has a place to have some basic knowledge for the 1st aid/emergency situations.

[@johnny_boi5456]

Me too

[@nerdecrafter]

I agree! I honestly feel more empowered learning this. Whether I will or will not faint from blood is another matter 😂

[@crystalpeacebear1985]

@@nerdecrafter you won't fully know how you will react to the blood until that scenario happens. But it is a skill more people just incase. And even if you can't look you could always help others

[@khills]

@@nerdecrafter unless it's a head wound, which IME you wanna glue anyhow, most wounds don't tend to bleed much after the first few minutes. By the time you're getting to the stitch or glue part, platelets are hopefully doing their job. 🤷🏼‍♀️ It really is a good skill to have, too.

[@Taminaminaaa]

I don’t wanna disencourage anybody and I love seeing people interested in the stuff we do, but amateur suturing in an emergency isn’t a good idea. One reason is the lack of hygiene/a sterile environment to avoid infections, another is the fact that doctors have to take a look at the wound, see how deep it is, if there’s any damage to nerves, vessels or other structures etc… Worst case if you suture a wound yourself without these steps is that you trap an infection under the skin where can’t get out 😬

[@Freddy191]

I love on how she has trouble with English because I have trouble with it to because of disorders and knowing I am not alone really makes the day better

[@Aruwyn]

this geniunely looks so satisfying and when she said its a gopd fidget toy i have to agree i havent done it but it’d be so nice to mess with

[@silenthades]

I think we all know that dentistry is next and I’m so hyped.

[@gamerduude]

Karen is gonna lose it! Loving this concept! 😂 "Maybe it's even easier than sewing" oh how we dearly wish that was true. Suturing is hard 😭

[@nerdecrafter]

I live to anger the Karens

[@gamerduude]

Well you did great! Also, the suture materials are different because some of them are made to dissolve. Typically, the nondissolvable kind is used for outer body parts and it's pretty thin so it blends in better, but the dissolvable sutures are great for things like organs and since it's *typically* used in a place where no one will see the scar, the gauge can be much bigger. I hope that wasn't tmi, lmao.

[@louisejohnson6057]

The "scissors" with the locking mechanism also makes a great roach clip too.

[@singlesocksara7548]

I love how on the “be sure to subscribe or I’ll wave a sharp pointy thing at you” it says 6.9B subscribers😂

[@Saighin]

The moment I checked my notifications & saw that your clap-back against the Karens had progressed to spite-sewing, I started outright howling with glee & laughter 😆😂🤣

[@lazyhomebody1356]

At this point, aren't the Karens winning?

[@tez-cat529]

'Spite sewing' is a great description. lol

[@FishieDr]

Me, a veterinarian who prides herself on neat, beautiful skin closures watching Jackie learn via a video: 🤔🙄🤨😆🥰😘

[@bluedragonfly8139]

When I took my elderly cat back to the vet after a biopsy, I had to chuckle at how *proud* her vet was of how neat his stitches healed up!

[@Silver_wind_1987_]

@@bluedragonfly8139 vet: yessss I did good!!! I have skilllllz now to treat myself to snackos

[@katiemcloughlink790]

Lol

[@wolfdolphen]

Yes I sutured a (butchered) pigs foot at a medical camp it was pretty neat. We learned how to do the 2 different sutures you learned.

[@sheamagnus6826]

As someone who is very familiar with these kinds of kits, current medical student, it was hilarious to watch you go through all the items and try your best, despite not being familiar with it.

[@Sencilia]

Blargh, more needles! I kinda wanna see Dr Mike or Dr ER react to you doing this.

[@thaliacrafts407]

Yes! We NEED Dr Mike!

[@mochs62512]

Um, how do we get this to happen? Because it needs to

[@no_idea_at_all]

“I’m a professional moron.” *but aren’t we all XD*

[@nerdytrashpanda]

I used to be a vet assistant so I would have to help during surgeries. I couldn’t avoid looking at amputations and blood. It was not cut out for me (no pun intended). Once I learned that knotting technique, I was in awe!

[@emilylopez4616]

She’s out here doing a blanket stitch on a ‘person’! One thing I do to keep the thread from slipping through the eye is thread the needle with the yarn folded over and before letting it slip through, guide the needle back in the loop you just threaded. So a folded thread goes through the eye, then the needle goes through that said loop. It forms a little ‘knot’ keeping the need;e in place while you work. Hope that helps

[@Cheshiregrinn91]

lol. Sewing up fake skin 'this is actually really relaxing!' Jackie...Jackie no. (btw I think the different kinds of string is because some are probably stronger. If you need to close a larger gap the wire/string needs to be strong enough so it doesn't snap when you pull the two sides of skin together. I also know about the kind of stitches that sort of dissolve by themselves so you don't have to go back and have them removed but I don't expect them to add those in a teaching kit.

[@lindacunningham5480]

Some of the threads are used for subdermal stitching I believe is what it's called and then the others are for the exterior stitching. And some are dissolvable stitches both stitches but I don't know which is which

[@Cheshiregrinn91]

@@lindacunningham5480 oh that makes sense!

[@off-brandcrazy241]

Doctor Jackie: "DoN't WoRrY gUyS, I kNoW a ShOrTcUt ThRoUgH MeD sChOoL" 🤪

[@Cthulhuhues]

‘ Doctors hate her! With these five easy tricks they could hate you too! ‘

[@kamalionify]

I was watching this video and right in the middle i got interrupted by a phone call to tell me that my surgery is scheduled next tuesday. I just wanna say that the timing is gold, seeing jackie suturing wounds, especially since ive been waiting for that call for over a year now :')

[@AZinMT]

Gauze 4x4 used to clean up human ketchup but honestly most wounds will be infused with epi which stops the ketchup leakage. Some of the suture is dissolvable and some isn’t. Some you use for muscles and others for skin. Suture and needles also come in different sizes and shapes, cutting and non cutting.

[@Toadstewl]

I’m a vet tech & at my veterinary hospital for surgery we use “vicryl” which is similar to the filaments you have. The vicryl is used subcutaneously and is absorbable. We also use skin suture which are the sutures that you see on the outside of the skin. With skin suture, the doctor actually does have to thread the needle.

[@gggthsb]

Depends though, there are lots of non absorbable suture materials for skin sutures that come with the needle attached as well. In my experience it strongly depends on the likes of the vets what they use.

[@Toadstewl]

@@gggthsb I’m not saying that’s all there is. I was just saying what we use at my hospital. The skin suture we use is not absorbable

[@emholycross1]

You said absorbable , I read adorable

[@kittybr1501xx]

I’m a student midwife so this is like a perfect review of this kit for me 😂 thank you for being an awesome escape from the trials of life 😅💕

[@nerdecrafter]

❤️

[@adab.3681]

They sell special perineal silicone models for practicing the sutures midwives need to know. Just saying :D

[@TheAmaaanndaaa]

Running stitch is what they used in my C-sections. Very interesting video, thanks :)

[@sabinefriedli662]

The difference of the filaments is that the monofilaments are better for keeping bacteria out but the braided are better in holding up knots. There are fake braided ones aswell to give a better knottinggrip. As far as i saw yours were all non absorbable. There are absorbable ones aswell but they get used for inner sutures. At least thats how we use them in our vetclinic. Btw love your vids! Love from 🇨🇭

[@sculptorofbones]

As somebody who has trained to do suturing, this was an absolute delight to watch! I just wish we'd been allowed to use ketchup in our training sessions, too! XD

[@amandah2866]

I'm not sure why but I got the image of a bunch of med students squirting each other in the face with ketchup from their practice skins lol.

[@sculptorofbones]

@@amandah2866 I mean, I could see it happening!! When we were learning to place IV lines the models were filled with syrup, and we got it everywhere!! 😂

[@sofiaparolini2982]

@@sculptorofbones syrup sounds so much more fun than what we had for IV! It was just pink water for us…🙄

[@chronischgeheilt]

So, you being being the experts, please tell us what the different thread types are for :) thx

[@amandah2866]

@@sculptorofbones Very cool!

[@sonjaehlig2183]

You mixed the runnig sutures with the reverdin sutures, which is a fast technic for skin stitches, if you have a big surgery wound to close.

[@elveswithoutears]

I have never been to medical school or anything, but I think the cloth black string is for wider cuts, the really wide one above the first 'cut' you did. Because I got a cut like that, and that was the thread they used on me.

[@kayleighbrookman8895]

Great job Jackie. The only reason your running stitch looked different was because you were pulling your needle out through the loop. Basically on the wrong side of the string! But AMAZING job! Love your personality. Watching you is always so much fun. I really want to try this kit now. Wish I had spare money to spend 😊❤

[@cameronblue89]

0:30 here I’ll finish it for you: “two brains of the same grain” It has a double meaning: “grain” as in salt and being part of the salt shaker family, and “grain” as in wood grain, as if you and the person you’re comparing yourself to are both cut from the same tree. Perfect! 🙂

[@nerdecrafter]

lol this is brilliant

[@NoelletheSquid]

I love the pettiness of doing piercing and surgery kits because of a Karen. This is top tier.

[@marshmallowkitty5771]

Thanks to the Karen for giving Jackie (hope that's right) some new nice ideas, your channel is very very cool and great to watch🥰

[@SamHamfw9ux]

“Call me doctor Jackie” I love that line ❤

[@tori_girlonline800]

I LOVE this series please never stop. The fact that you're strong enough to let us laugh at your first tries at difficult tasks is amazing. Love all your videos!!

[@kawaii_gallery]

You, Moriah Elizabeth and GraveyardLoon should DEFINITELY collab. 🤍

[@datgaydangernoodle1315]

Yesssssss

[@taunt3227]

Yesss

[@FoxValley123]

AGREED!!!

[@keirart5328]

Yesssssssss

[@mckenzieeliza]

Yes! The three of them doing something like this! I'd love to see Moriah do surgery.

[@SarahSmith-wt3ef]

That sounds so fun, you create this New desire in me… I need that kit!!!

[@kelliep5063]

Bless you for having a go xx reminds me of teaching vet nurse students to stitch lol always chaos

[@AlineSantos.wolf3n]

Love it haha As a veterinarian's assistant, these are non absorbable filaments and the difference is in the type and amount of tension each one supports. There is also an alternative, especially in poorer places, where we use pre-assembled, sterilized and cheaper syringe needles and fishing string for simple sutures.

[@Hopischwopi]

"Did I mess up? No I didn`t mess up!" eeeehm. EEEEEEEHM... you did your best buuut you kinda messed that ongoing stich up but that technique is very good for decorating edges when sewing stuff with textiles :D.

[@suxmew]

It's sometimes called a blanket stitch

[@Hopischwopi]

@@suxmew thank you

[@kendrafivaz4773]

Love ur videos and I love that u try new things!!

[@aubbitthehobbit6479]

The reason you keep on getting loops when you tie the knot it’s because you have to do it fast I got this for my bday yesterday and I love it

[@kendrak6184]

😂🤣 “stop yelling at me through the screen! I can hear you all the way to Canada” I’m only “correcting” you in my head 😂❤️

[@ravenmorrigana1093]

Haven't even finished yet, but I was excited by the title. "Is she REALLY doing it, or is it a troll?" And it turns out it's a practice suture kit! Giving someone stitches, in my opinion, is a skill everyone should know how to do. Doesn't have to be perfect or pretty, but you should be able to close a wound if necessary. So this is awesome to me.

[@Taminaminaaa]

I don’t wanna be mean, but this could be extremely dangerous! Any wound should either be left to heal open or, if necessary, be closed by a doctor. They work in a sterile environment to avoid infection as much as possible, and they also look if there’s damage to nerves, blood vessels or other structures. Worst case if you do this on your own, there will be a deep infection in the wound that can’t escape through the closed skin and could lead to sepsis. Also, classic emergency wounds, are the most difficult ones to suture (as opposed to the straight, even cuts in surgery)

[@ravenmorrigana1093]

@@Taminaminaaa You know that part of knowing how to suture is knowing how to clean the wound, right?

[@Taminaminaaa]

@@ravenmorrigana1093 It‘s not only about that, it’s about having the knowledge and material to create a sterile environment. This is not done by pouring a bit of alcohol on the skin. What would you even use for anaesthetia? There’s a reason doctors go to school for a long time, and even though the handling itself might look easy, there’s a lot of knowledge and experience behind it and really not something „everyone“ can and should do.

[@ravenmorrigana1093]

@@Taminaminaaa Well, the idea that hospitals are completely sterile is a bit of a fallacy. They are certainly cleaner environments, and there is a lot of prep work that goes into keeping it that way. But hospitals only being able to be mostly sterile is what caused things like MRSA. I find it interesting that you think a layperson would believe that pouring some alcohol on the wound is how to keep it clean. That only years and years of schooling could teach a person proper techniques and behaviors, and that no commoner could ever have that knowledge. It almost reminds me of how people used to treat priests.

[@Taminaminaaa]

@@ravenmorrigana1093 Jesus chill… What I mean by sterile environment is gloves, drapes and stuff, along with the right instruments (that you can’t sterilize at home the way you do in a hospital). All I wanna do is prevent soccer moms from wanting to stitch up their kids forehead cuts themselves. I have worked in pediatrics, and kids aren’t among the most cooperative patients, and even for professionals it isn’t easy to do a nice, even suture. But if you believe you can do it at home by watching a KZbin video and won’t end up with a nasty scar and an infection, there’s nothing I can say that will prevent you from doing so. Stay safe.

[@ayakotami3318]

Watching the process of suturing is interesting. Had to have my hand sutures 5 months ago because of a gash similar to the biggest cut. And yea they do come like that. 😁