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To think you don’t put a plaster

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DiddlyWiddly · 22/04/2021 22:08

Over a splinter?

DD came home today with a plaster on her finger, she had a large, very noticeable wood splinter from the wooden slide at school and the teacher had just put a plaster over it.

By the time she got home it was very painful and the plaster had pushed thensplinter deeper into under the skin, it was extremely difficult and painful to remove.

I’m in two minds whether to mention it tomorrow.

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SpeckleDust · 22/04/2021 22:09

A wet plaster usually draws a splinter out. That’s what I do if I have a splinter.

ElderMillennial · 22/04/2021 22:09

No I don't see why a plaster would help but then would the teacher get involved and remove it or is there a school nurse who could?

JayAlfredPrufrock · 22/04/2021 22:10

A plaster draws the splinter out.

Hankunamatata · 22/04/2021 22:11

Pretty standard. Teacher is hardly going to try and get the splinter out.

rainbowthoughts · 22/04/2021 22:11

I’m in two minds whether to mention it tomorrow.

Goodness no. She probably did it to pacify your child. You vent possibly know if the plaster pushed the splinter deeper, or if maybe it would have gone deeper simply with movement. Perhaps it didn't go deeper again, you only have your child's probably inaccurate guess at that.

NoIDontWatchLoveIsland · 22/04/2021 22:11

I would have said same re plaster can keep it moist and help draw it out.

mineofuselessinformation · 22/04/2021 22:13

Why did you expect them to do?
Dig around in your child's finger to get it out?

MustBeTheWine · 22/04/2021 22:14

I don't think the teacher would be permitted to attempt to remove the splinter and probably put the plaster on the area of the splinter to keep it clean until your DC got home. Don't mention it tomorrow, school did absolutely nothing wrong.

Rainbowx · 22/04/2021 22:16

I work in a preschool and we are not allowed to remove splinters so may cover it it.

Original poster
DiddlyWiddly · 22/04/2021 22:17

A wet plaster usually draws a splinter out
It was a regular plaster and far from being drawn out it was completely under the skin.

I have literally never, ever heard of a plaster drawing out a splinter.

I just expected them to leave it 🤷‍♀️

I won’t say anything.

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LetsGoFlyAKiteee · 22/04/2021 22:18

Work in a nursery and that's what we do also

FromageRay · 22/04/2021 22:21

That's what school did for DD the other week. They weren't able to easily remove it so popped a plaster on to stop her fiddling. What were they supposed to do?

mineofuselessinformation · 22/04/2021 22:22

Ummm, they covered it up to keep it clean?
I really can't see the point of your OP.

SquirtleSquad · 22/04/2021 22:23

They did the correct thing

HunterHearstHelmsley · 22/04/2021 22:24

How old is she? At 3, you may have a point. 13? Not so much.

Skybooks · 22/04/2021 22:24

I've grown up hearing plasters draw them out no idea if it's TRUE or old wives tale but I've heard ot alot.

Hope your DD is ok?

Meatshake · 22/04/2021 22:25

It's a splinter, not a broken leg. Seriously, get some perspective! It kept it clean til she got home for you to deal with it.

GillBungalow · 22/04/2021 22:27

I'd have thought a plaster would've kept it clean until she got home and prevent that horrible pain of 'catching' it that you get with splinters. .

thedarksideofthesun · 22/04/2021 22:29

I work in a school. Even though I am First Aid trained and do all sorts of First Aid, one thing I am not allowed to do is removed splinters or cut a broken nail even if there is a bit hanging. Normally we would clean the area either with a sterile wipe or by asking the child to wash their hands and would apply a plaster to keep it clean or if the child is distressed about it.

HelpfulBelle · 22/04/2021 22:29

Official advice is that teachers aren't allowed to remove splinters. DH had a splinter that needed removing by a surgeon due to its position; I guess schools don't want to be responsible for splinter removal going wrong.

DS2 needs eye drops for hayfever 4 times a day; they're not allowed to administer those, either.

Original poster
DiddlyWiddly · 22/04/2021 22:31

She’s 7 and fine.
My issue was that I had never heard of plasters drawing out splinters and assumed by wrapping a plaster over it had lodged the splinter in deeper and therefore causing DD unnecessary pain and so, I was debating talking to the teacher about it but now obviously I won’t

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Suzi888 · 22/04/2021 22:31

Never heard of plasters either. Hot bath and tweezers, or just the tweezers in my day! Don’t see how a plaster alone will work Confused. Probably to pacify until they go home and use tweezers.

DeedledeDee · 22/04/2021 22:39

My dad used to prise the thing out with his penknife, we called it a skelf,not a pleasant memory.

Briarshollow · 22/04/2021 22:41

The best stuff is magnesium sulphate paste under a plaster, before bed. It’ll be in the plaster in the morning. Magic.

Strange thing to get flustered about, OP. As others have said, it was probably to make your daughter feel better.

Lougle · 22/04/2021 22:41

The plaster won't have lodged it further. They were just trying to protect the break in the skin until you could deal with it.

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