Hand Care for Firefighters and EMS: Cracked Hands From Decon
Firefighters and EMS · Skin is gear

Gloves, decon, sanitizer, repeat. Hands that crack between calls.

Firefighters and medics sweat through gloves on calls, then scrub and decon and sanitize after, over and over through a shift. Hands crack, feet soak in boots, and the back and shoulders carry the gear. Here is the routine that fits a shift at the station.

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Why station hands crack

Sweat, scrub, sanitize, repeat.

Every call puts sweaty hands inside gloves, and every call ends with scrubbing and decon. Medics add alcohol sanitizer between patients. That cycle strips the oil from the skin faster than it can come back, and the knuckles and fingertips crack. Feet spend long shifts in boots. The back, shoulders and knees carry the gear up stairs and out of vehicles.

The routine fits between calls. Repair absorbs in about a minute, so it goes on after the wash and before the next tones. Performance keeps hands and feet drier in gloves and boots. Split+ goes on when you're off shift. For the people who show up when everyone else is having a bad day.

A shift, call by call

From roll call to the drive home.

Where station hands, feet and backs go wrong across a shift, and what goes on at each stop.

Before shift · 7 AMDry hands and feet.

Performance on the palms and the soles. Gloves and boots stay drier through the first calls.

Performance
Between calls · 10 AMWash, then a barrier.

Repair after the scrub or sanitizer. It absorbs before the tones drop.

Repair
The crack · 2 PMClose it before the next glove.

Split stick on a cracked knuckle or fingertip. It stays put under a glove.

Split
Decon · 6 PMWash it off gently.

Castile wash in the station shower. Cleanse on scrapes when there's no shower.

All Natural Castile Body WashCleanse
Off shift · Next morningHeal and recover.

Split+ whipped balm on the cracks. Massage Cream on the back, shoulders and feet.

Split+Massage Cream
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Between callsRepair$8.95
Turnout pocketSplit$4.95
Whipped balm, off shiftSplit+$8.95
Hands in gloves, feet in bootsPerformance$8.95
Station showerAll Natural Castile Body Wash$5.95
No showerCleanse$9.00
Back, shoulders, feetMassage Cream$8.95
Off-shift recoveryRAD Roller - Helix$49.00
Tight handsHydrate$8.95
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