Cmed Posted February 9, 2011 Report Share Posted February 9, 2011 Does anyone know where you can get/order suturing kits and/or sutures for cheap to practice with? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie Posted February 9, 2011 Report Share Posted February 9, 2011 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... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dream Big Posted February 9, 2011 Report Share Posted February 9, 2011 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbert Posted February 9, 2011 Report Share Posted February 9, 2011 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAstudent Posted February 9, 2011 Report Share Posted February 9, 2011 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renin Posted February 10, 2011 Report Share Posted February 10, 2011 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leviathan Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renin Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 Did you have to beg on your knees? jokes jokes jokes Only for you, levlev. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cmed Posted February 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 cool, thanks for the ideas guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itimebomb2 Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 Do an elective at a community hospital... got all the suturing practice I needed there on human beings with non-expired sutures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babydoctor Posted February 14, 2011 Report Share Posted February 14, 2011 I bought supplies on ebay - I got a needle driver, forceps and 10 sutures for around $25. It's worth taking a look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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