Bango Skank
ArboristSite Operative
https://medcoe.army.mil/borden
From the menu there, you can select “ textbooks of military medicine “ and there’s tons of heavy reading. Fascinating stuff. Constantly changing and evolving. As far as I know the old ABCs are still legit, and pressure will stop a lot of bleeding, it’s just a matter of how much pressure and how it’s applied.
A word on Quik Clot, I think the formula been changed since my days, and there’s much better and safer products now than what the military gave out in the mid 2000s. We used to get this granular stuff, looked like sand. Pour it right on the wound and use some pressure to press it in place. This stuff got hot, like caused burns and a little necrosis. Some jarhead came in my hospital because he thought it’d be funny to put it on a little shaving cut on his neck. He was hurtin for certain and he’s probably still a little discolored there. Never saw anyone get it in their eyes and for that, I’m grateful, but we were told to mind the wind direction when opening and using it. Hopefully nobody has that old stuff anymore. There’s still granular stuff, but it’s not all the same. I think the gauze impregnated with the stuff sounds ideal for what we might expect from a chainsaw injury and lacerations.
CAT tourniquets are very cool. They should be clean, but don’t need to be sterile, so open it up and practice applying it a little. You should be able to put it on any of your limbs with either one of your hands. Practice with your non-dominant hand. I generally work in cities and the suburbs, so if I’m putting a tourniquet on myself, my next stop is the emergency room and I’ll let a doctor decide when to take it off. Some of y’all might be hours away from some emergency medical folks, so use your best judgment. The line between “ bleeding controlled “ and “ limb death” might be a bit broader than we once thought, but one should probably get a professional to clean and close the wound anyways.
If you cut your head, don’t put a tourniquet on your neck
Y’all stay safe.
From the menu there, you can select “ textbooks of military medicine “ and there’s tons of heavy reading. Fascinating stuff. Constantly changing and evolving. As far as I know the old ABCs are still legit, and pressure will stop a lot of bleeding, it’s just a matter of how much pressure and how it’s applied.
A word on Quik Clot, I think the formula been changed since my days, and there’s much better and safer products now than what the military gave out in the mid 2000s. We used to get this granular stuff, looked like sand. Pour it right on the wound and use some pressure to press it in place. This stuff got hot, like caused burns and a little necrosis. Some jarhead came in my hospital because he thought it’d be funny to put it on a little shaving cut on his neck. He was hurtin for certain and he’s probably still a little discolored there. Never saw anyone get it in their eyes and for that, I’m grateful, but we were told to mind the wind direction when opening and using it. Hopefully nobody has that old stuff anymore. There’s still granular stuff, but it’s not all the same. I think the gauze impregnated with the stuff sounds ideal for what we might expect from a chainsaw injury and lacerations.
CAT tourniquets are very cool. They should be clean, but don’t need to be sterile, so open it up and practice applying it a little. You should be able to put it on any of your limbs with either one of your hands. Practice with your non-dominant hand. I generally work in cities and the suburbs, so if I’m putting a tourniquet on myself, my next stop is the emergency room and I’ll let a doctor decide when to take it off. Some of y’all might be hours away from some emergency medical folks, so use your best judgment. The line between “ bleeding controlled “ and “ limb death” might be a bit broader than we once thought, but one should probably get a professional to clean and close the wound anyways.
If you cut your head, don’t put a tourniquet on your neck
Y’all stay safe.
