Queensland hairdresser and mum, Tiffany Keegan, posted the tip on her salon’s Facebook page, promising that after reading her post, people everywhere would be “stuffing one into your first aid kit”.
“If you have ever bought Nurofen for kids before you would know it comes with this little thing to measure and administer the liquid medicine,” she wrote.Source:Supplied Tiffany said the small plastic tube, commonly used to draw up liquid medicine and dispense it easily into a child’s mouth, could also be used for a host of other ailments.
“Turns out they are MAGIC for removing splinters, tiny shards of glass, bee sting venom in a quick, non-invasive, painless way,” Tiffany said.But how can a simple tube help get those tiny, tricky shards of glass or wood splinters?“Simply place the outer tube hole over the wound site then pull the inside orange tube out really quick,” she said.The post has since gone viral, attracting more than 15,000 likes and almost 8000 comments from people blown away by the brilliant hack.