HemoPneumo
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Being a small time doomsday prepper, and (hopefully) soon-to-be EMT-Basic, the idea of medicine in a situation where you have little to no tools or outside help/resources fascinates me. I'd like to discuss with you all, and have you share some war stories, and any helpful tips and tricks for operating without your kitbag with you.
My cousin was in the Army for several years,and performed very well there, going to places such as Balad, Iraq and others. Not long after she had been discharged she was attending a party, during which a drunk male accidentally put his arm through a window. He had a pretty deep laceration about a few centimeters distal to the elbow, with massive arterial bleeding. Her First-Aid training kicked in and she went to work. She used rags from the kitchen to apply pressure to the wounds, and then took the injured man's belt and wound it around the arm as a makeshift tourniquet. The Paramedics that responded applauded her, saying if she hadn't reacted in the way she did the man's condition could have been much worse.
So, have any of you guys ever been confronted off-duty with a medical situation? How'd you save the day?
My cousin was in the Army for several years,and performed very well there, going to places such as Balad, Iraq and others. Not long after she had been discharged she was attending a party, during which a drunk male accidentally put his arm through a window. He had a pretty deep laceration about a few centimeters distal to the elbow, with massive arterial bleeding. Her First-Aid training kicked in and she went to work. She used rags from the kitchen to apply pressure to the wounds, and then took the injured man's belt and wound it around the arm as a makeshift tourniquet. The Paramedics that responded applauded her, saying if she hadn't reacted in the way she did the man's condition could have been much worse.
So, have any of you guys ever been confronted off-duty with a medical situation? How'd you save the day?
