1. Tampons fill bullet holes...it will hurt like hell but you will not bleed out nearly so quickly. They are sterile, and do not require extensive training to use. If it gets you to the hospital alive they can probably save your life.
2. Benydryl is a modern miracle to allergy sufferers. It can save a life and buy time in the event of anaphylaxis.
3. Aspirin while it will save your life during a heart attack, promotes bleeding due to blood thinning. Take Motrin or Tylenol instead.
4. Clean even the smallest cuts and scrapes and apply a neo-sporin type ointment to aid in healing and help prevent infection.
5. Maxi pads make great large surface area compression bandage dressings (use unscented).
6. In extremely rural areas(read that as hospital not available) a veterinarian may be your best bet in the event of extreme trauma. They see a lot of messed up pets and gun shot wounds in livestock (acts of jackassery) after all we are just a bunch of big dumb animals...except for that whole we have a soul thing.
7. Get a Special forces medical manual...lots of good stuff and helpful hints at staying healthy and active in the wild!
Yeah, I can just see me now showing up at the ER with maxi pads duct taped all over me and little white strings hanging off my body.
The ER crew would get a kick outta that.
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Yeah, I can just see me now showing up at the ER with maxi pads duct taped all over me and little white strings hanging off my body.
The ER crew would get a kick outta that.
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Yeah, but you'd be surprised. We've wheeled guys into the E R bleedin' like a stuck pig, but the bleeding had stopped and was easily absorbed. In fact an old E R Doc told us about them, and we started using them regularly. The guy at the grocery store had to be wondering why these Paramedics kept comming into the store buying 2 and 3 boxes of Kotex pads at a time. They have ABD Pads nowadays which are basically a giant sized Kotex that's folded over and sterilized in the package. The only time I ever saw the E R staff really laugh at something was when one of the local Motorcycle cops took a spill. We wheeled him in. When they cut his pants off, it revealed he was wearing two pair of X-Large panty hose. The Motorcycle cops used to wear them in winter under their pants as a layer in the cold. They actually worked pretty well. But don't ask me how I know that. :laugh:
is there a danger from toxic shock syndrome from the tampons?
only if your a woman and using them for prolonged periods of time.
any body can get toxic shock syndrome, its just that due to tampon use, women have a higher likely hood of getting it. toxic shock syndrome is caused by bacterial infections. Just to give you an ideal of how rare it is you should know that only about 3 to 10 deaths are reported in California every year. Most of those deaths are caused by (yes this is true) women forgetting to remove or change the tampon for several days even weeks.
more info than you prolly wanted to know, hope that answered your question though.
only if your a woman and using them for prolonged periods of time.
any body can get toxic shock syndrome, its just that due to tampon use, women have a higher likely hood of getting it. toxic shock syndrome is caused by bacterial infections. Just to give you an ideal of how rare it is you should know that only about 3 to 10 deaths are reported in California every year. Most of those deaths are caused by (yes this is true) women forgetting to remove or change the tampon for several days even weeks.
more info than you prolly wanted to know, hope that answered your question though.
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