Suturing kits, where to get them?

[Cmed]

Does anyone know where you can get/order suturing kits and/or sutures for cheap to practice with?

[Julie]

Does anyone know where you can get/order suturing kits and/or sutures for cheap to practice with?

 

I don't know where you can buy them, but we got them from our schools during our surgery rotations. Maybe if you ask a staff in the hospital (Emerg or Surgery would comes to mind) during an elective they would give you sutures...but you'd really need the instruments to practice the sutures themselves (and you can use regular thread to practice your knots)...You could try to find out if your school or library has any kits you could borrow... or even organize a suture workshop, if there isn't already one, and that would give your school an incentive to build kits for participants during the session - which you could then borrow? Just brainstorming ideas...

[Dream Big]

I bought my suture kit (instruments) at my schools medical bookstore. As for sutures try the ORs or Emerg....they tend to have a box of expired sutures that they are willing to give to students.

[norbert]

My school has a surgical skills lab which sells premade kits that has everything you need. Furthermore, the OR often has tons of expired sutures that if you ask, they are more than willing to give you.

 

Hope this helps

[PAstudent]

I was actually thinking of posting a question like this myself, good call! Having asked around it seems most people get them from emerg. in a hospital they are in. Many suture kits (instruments and all) are 'disposable' apparently and sometimes a preceptor might be kind enough to let you take one home for practice.

[Renin]

I bought my tools at the university bookstore; and the sutures are expired ones that I begged and begged from the OR. Much begging required.

[leviathan]

I bought my tools at the university bookstore; and the sutures are expired ones that I begged and begged from the OR. Much begging required.

Did you have to beg on your knees? jokes jokes jokes

[Renin]

Did you have to beg on your knees? jokes jokes jokes

 

Only for you, levlev.

[Cmed]

cool, thanks for the ideas guys

[itimebomb2]

Do an elective at a community hospital... got all the suturing practice I needed there on human beings with non-expired sutures

[babydoctor]

I bought supplies on ebay - I got a needle driver, forceps and 10 sutures for around $25. It's worth taking a look.