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A place to share information on emergency preparedness as it relates to disasters both natural and man-made.

Would you survive in the event of economic, political and social collapse? What natural disasters such as tornadoes, earthquakes or hurricanes are prevalent in your area? What can you do? What should you be doing now? What do you need to know/have?

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“If You or a Friend Got Shot”: The Trauma Gear You Actually Need [full guide in link] (cdn.social.linux.pizza)

submitted 5 days ago by CubitOom@infosec.pub to c/preppers@lemmy.ca

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“If You or a Friend Got Shot”: The Trauma Gear You Actually Need

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[–] nesc@lemmy.cafe 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

On tourniquets, you need to make sure that there is nothing in the pockets, it should be perpendicular to the arm or leg and as high as possible. You need to put them in 30 seconds or less, in tacmed classes they give you a minute to put 4 of them (impossible).

Gauze is extremely hard to use, as in you need to push your fingers into a bullet hole while recipient screams and flails around, you'll also need to learn a special technique that is required to push it correctly or you'll just drop it on the ground.

You won't be able to use anything he shows effectively without training, a lot of it, with additional training every few months.

[–] 14th_cylon@lemmy.zip 4 points 5 days ago (2 children)

also tourniquet in general is quite drastic tool and can lead (according to what i have read, no practical experience whatsoever), in extreme case, to a loss of a limb. so it should only be used when the risk outweighs the gain.

if the person is bleeding to death, i am sure they would rather lose a leg than die. if the injury can be treated with normal bandage, it should be preferable.

[–] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 5 days ago

Yeah, this is why first aid courses, at least in Europe, do not recommend non-medical people to use those.

[–] nesc@lemmy.cafe 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

You can lose a limb easily with them after tourniqet was used for two hours or more, with proper medical care limb can be saved up to 6 hours after tourniquet was used but most paramedics don't have required skills and drugs. After moving a person to a less dangerous place tourniquet shold be moved (as in place another one lower and closer to a wound and higher one slowly unwinded but not taken off). They are extremely good tool for gun shot and explosive wounds, but should be used only in extreme conditions where you can't get immediate medical help. Also placing on on a joint almost always leads to a limb loss. 🫠

[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

when they shoot your friend through the back in the lungs, you can use 4 turniquets, so the limbs will look more lively in the open casket /s

[–] nesc@lemmy.cafe 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I think standard med. kits like IFAK include chest seals.

[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 days ago

I need to learn about those