Posted on 02/16/2021 2:24:35 AM PST by mabarker1
1) A Manual Type Sphygmomanometer and Stethoscope (Blood Pressure Cuff) and the knowledge of how to use it, not only for Taking Blood Pressure but also to listen to the Lungs and Heartbeat.
The Sphygmomanometer can also be used for a Tourniquet. Be sure that You purchase a Cuff in Large and one for Small arms so that if you need to use it on a Thigh to control bleeding of the Femoral Artery you can combine the two to reach around the upper Thigh.
2) Tampons and Pads for controlling bleeding by inserting the Tampon into the wound hole and Pads for Direct Pressure Packing Bandage.
3) Get some Quik Clot.
4) 90+% Isopropyl Alcohol in a squeeze bottle that’s easy to open top. For Quick cleansing of Your Hands or the Wound area.
5) Learn how to use the Items in Your Kit. It’s useless if you don’t know how to use what you have. If you have a good Doctor ask Him/Her some questions about things.
At the Link are Comments after the Article with good information.
I’m going to bed after I get this Posted but will be back later in the day. Stay Safe and Take Care.
(((Ping)))
Points to ponder:
1. Tampons into wounds AFAIK is no longer recommended. While absorbent, they do not aid clotting, or really slow blood loss like direct pressure does AND they can introduce dirt and germs leading to infections.
2. Quick clot IS a coagulant and does greatly help with blood loss. But I read that quick clot should be removed from a wound prior to closing it. I forget the name but supposedly there’s a new organic quick clot like stuff that can be left in the wound.
FYI, I am still keeping my kwik clot in my BoBs and IFAKs.
Add to the article: Take a “Stop the Bleed” class to practice the skills mentioned in the article with the actual recommended products.
Also, strongly recommend Dark Angel IFAKs and blow outs.
bkmk
Use new ones...
I would not sit someone with potential blood loss and spine injury up let alone a head injury Move them as little as possible to get out of danger and render aid
Never pour isopropyl alcohol in a wound. It devitalizes tissue and increases chance of infection. If they survive the wound it will be thoroughly and appropriately cleaned when you seek medical attention
w1n1 will put pictures of it on 'Am Shooting Journal' under the category 'humor'.
First. I put three 7.62 NATO rounds (M14) into the chest of a Viet Cong woman who was shooting at me. (I’ll never know why they weren’t fatal.)
She was pretty much incapacitated after that. I took her ChiCom SKS rifle away from her, turned her over and opened her blouse and put 2 standard issue battle dressings and a bunch of tape on the wound to slow the bleeding. I then called for a MEDIVAC helicopter and she was in a hospital within a half hour. I know she lived, because I spoke with her 6 weeks later.
I think getting to a hospital quickly is what made the difference between living and dying.
“This is the author’s handy surgical kit. If you are not trained it is worthless.”
Just because you don’t know how to use something doesn’t mean somebody around you doesn’t know how to use it.
It has always been my opinion, just an opinion shooting many ball rounds over the years, mostly M-1. If they don’t get a chance to tumble some they just punch a neat hole. There is still some reverberation but the bullet expansion as we know is non existent. However, your life experience if far greater than mine. Thank you for your service.
That neat hole is what’s left after the hydrostatic shock subsides.
I’m assuming the rounds just zipped. How close to you was she? She probably weighed 90lbs and was thin as a rail. The FMJ had no opportunity to destabilize, etc and just passed through. That’s got to be what happened... when 7.62 tumbles, it’s super gnarly and zero chance she would’ve survived 3 to the chest.
“make sure you don’t use tourniquets around their neck ”
Thanks for the tip.
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Sometimes in wartime, personnel will take a round and never know it until it shows up on MRI 10 years later.
You’re a good man, thanks for your service.
For a description of an up-close gunshot, read the autopsy report of Lee Harvey Oswald. A .38 Special snubnose discharged standard load round nose bullet was used.
“... I’m assuming the rounds just zipped. How close to you was she? ...”
Distance 50-60 yards. I was in a boat and she was behind some bushes on the river bank.
All 3 rounds went in the front (center of mass) and out the back. Somehow they missed all organs, major blood vessels and bones. One battle dressing on her back and one on her chest.
Evidently some people are just hard to kill.
But she was cute (as a VC enemy soldier goes) and I’m glad she didn’t die.
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