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Posted: 1/16/2021 1:48:25 PM EDT
[#1]
I keep a handful in my pocket at all times. Never know when you’re going to get shot.
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Posted: 1/16/2021 1:49:42 PM EDT
[#2]
No, but I have medical training after 1992
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Posted: 1/16/2021 1:50:04 PM EDT
[#3]
No, but I do have z-folded gauze, combat gauze and CAT tourniquets.
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Posted: 1/16/2021 1:51:04 PM EDT
[#4]
I think the consensus has changed form tampons to clotting agents and tourniquets.
Ill Advised Use of Tampons for Gunshot Wounds |
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Posted: 1/16/2021 1:52:25 PM EDT
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I keep a few in my range bag, and several boxes at home. They make fantastic post-shtf trade fodder. Make friends with the females, and you have many advantages.
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Posted: 1/16/2021 1:54:00 PM EDT
[#6]
I’ve used a pad for a knife wound. Better than gauze.
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Posted: 1/16/2021 1:55:06 PM EDT
[#7]
For fuck's sake, just get actual bandages and dressings
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Posted: 1/16/2021 1:59:47 PM EDT
[#8]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I think the consensus has changed form tampons to clotting agents and tourniquets. Ill Advised Use of Tampons for Gunshot Wounds Get combat gauze or kerlix. Leave hygiene products for men and women who menstruate. |
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Posted: 1/16/2021 2:06:43 PM EDT
[#9]
Quote HistoryQuoted: No, but I do have z-folded gauze, combat gauze and CAT tourniquets. This |
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Posted: 1/16/2021 2:08:29 PM EDT
[#10]
 No, I bought bandages that are made for actual first aid. |
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Posted: 1/16/2021 2:09:17 PM EDT
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Posted: 1/16/2021 2:12:09 PM EDT
[#12]
If you are going to the trouble of buying tampons for first aid what not just buy the correct bandage?
I mean.... its not that difficult. |
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Posted: 1/16/2021 2:12:12 PM EDT
[#13]
Tampons may stop a nose bleed. But, they are no bigger then a 4x4 , the stuff you fold up and tape on after you get a needle.
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Posted: 1/16/2021 2:13:41 PM EDT
[#14]
WRONG, tampax are designed to absorb blood and a good bandage is designed
to clot blood. Look at at a quality bandage and the weave in them, they make the bleeding stop. |
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Posted: 1/16/2021 2:14:37 PM EDT
[#15]
Tampons don’t stop bleeding they catch it. Buy some quick-clot it’s 2021 the stuffs readily available.
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Posted: 1/16/2021 2:15:57 PM EDT
[#16]
No I don't think surprise menstruation is a risk I need to have a plan for
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Posted: 1/16/2021 2:17:44 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: No, but I have medical training after 1992 This. I hope OP isn’t serious. Rating this thread “Troll.” |
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Posted: 1/16/2021 2:18:17 PM EDT
[#18]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I think the consensus has changed form tampons to clotting agents and tourniquets. Ill Advised Use of Tampons for Gunshot Wounds This. I took a Stop the Bleed training over the summer and the instructor explicitly said that it wicks blood and delays clotting. As I have no firsthand experience, unsure if he's right, but it makes sense. I suppose you use what you have available, it the wound is bad enough |
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Posted: 1/16/2021 2:18:45 PM EDT
[#19]
No, they’re fucking not.
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Posted: 1/16/2021 2:19:30 PM EDT
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Quoted: Tampons are good for plugging up puncture wounds and the pads make good dressings No they arent. No they dont. |
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Posted: 1/16/2021 2:20:59 PM EDT
[#21]
Quoted: Tampons are good for plugging up puncture wounds and the pads make good dressings. Just make sure you get the non-scented type so you’re not injecting the scent chemical into the wound. Playtex Unscented Tampons, Always Maxi Unscented Pads Have you been in a coma for 30 years? |
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Posted: 1/16/2021 2:21:28 PM EDT
[#22]
Ceiling cat. Check
Tampons. Check GD asshatery. Check 
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Posted: 1/16/2021 2:23:46 PM EDT
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Everyone I know who uses them bleeds for a week. I don’t have time to bleed, and certainly not for a week. I’ll stick with bandages, gauze, etc.
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Posted: 1/16/2021 2:24:15 PM EDT
[#24]
It’s a bit early to shoot for dumbest post of the year, but I admire your dedication.
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Posted: 1/16/2021 2:26:12 PM EDT
[#25]
I have some hanging from my rear view mirror
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Posted: 1/16/2021 2:27:32 PM EDT
[#26]
Quoted: Tampons are good for plugging up puncture wounds and the pads make good dressings. Just make sure you get the non-scented type so you're not injecting the scent chemical into the wound. Playtex Unscented Tampons, Always Maxi Unscented Pads Its stupid IMO. |
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Posted: 1/16/2021 2:29:55 PM EDT
[#27]
Hmmmm, a device designed to insert into a bloody hole and swell up and stop the bleeding.
What use could it be in combat wounds.....?  |
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Posted: 1/16/2021 2:30:53 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I have some hanging from my rear view mirror New or used? |
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Posted: 1/16/2021 2:35:51 PM EDT
[#29]
lol
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Posted: 1/16/2021 2:36:35 PM EDT
[#30]
Quote HistoryQuoted: New or used? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I have some hanging from my rear view mirror New or used? Just rinse them and let them dry, and they're good to go. |
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Posted: 1/16/2021 2:37:41 PM EDT
[#31]
Better than nothing, but I have proper FA supplies on hand. Wife and step-daughter never used tampons, so there never were any in the house to begin with.
Always have extra pads on hand though. Learned that lesson when we had to bug out for a hurricane and both lady's monthly bills came due at the same time during the movement. Pro-tip for the basement dwellers: Many (if not most) ladies restrooms in public buildings and larger businesses have feminine hygiene product dispensers that you could raid for emergency FA supplies. |
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Posted: 1/16/2021 2:40:39 PM EDT
[#32]
FYI: Amazon has the two pack of Israeli compression bandages on a lightning deal right now. 58% claimed at the time of this post. deal ends in about 90 minutes
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B07GCSX693 |
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Posted: 1/16/2021 2:43:53 PM EDT
[#33]
No, but my wife keeps some around for her hatchet wound.
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Posted: 1/16/2021 2:47:14 PM EDT
[#34]
I’m not calling OP a retard
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Posted: 1/16/2021 2:48:03 PM EDT
[#35]
Quote HistoryQuoted: No, but I do have z-folded gauze, combat gauze and CAT tourniquets. This |
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Posted: 1/16/2021 3:09:43 PM EDT
[#36]
Quote HistoryQuoted: No, but I have medical training after 1992 I'm not old. F*** Y**. |
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Posted: 1/16/2021 3:23:00 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: This. I hope OP isn’t serious. Rating this thread “Troll.” Rather sensitive, aren't you? |
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Posted: 1/16/2021 3:24:43 PM EDT
[#38]
Tampons are not viable for wound packing.
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Posted: 1/16/2021 3:24:55 PM EDT
[#39]
I prefer to use legitimate medical supplies in my first aid kit
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Posted: 1/16/2021 3:30:37 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: FYI: Amazon has the two pack of Israeli compression bandages on a lightning deal right now. 58% claimed at the time of this post. deal ends in about 90 minutes https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B07GCSX693 Thanks for the link |
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Posted: 1/16/2021 3:32:55 PM EDT
[#41]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Tampons are not viable for wound packing. Women use them monthly for that very purpose.  Seriously, though, it was a semi-serious question. I figured that tampons are small, come in a sealed package, and would be good for non-arterial puncture wounds. I have sterile gauze, QuikClot, and other assorted tools in my FAK. I've learned from the serious responses here that: A: Tampons don't hold enough blood to be really useful. B: They aren't hemostatic - just absorptive. Probably OK for a nosebleed, but not much else. As for Maxi-pads, I think they might be useful, but gauze packs are designed to do a better job. It was just a thought. |
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Posted: 1/16/2021 3:35:09 PM EDT
[#42]
Of course not.
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Posted: 1/16/2021 3:39:48 PM EDT
[#43]
Quote HistoryQuoted: No, but I do have z-folded gauze, combat gauze and CAT tourniquets. ^^ This. I took a Tactical Combat Casualty Course a few months back and asked the EMT and doctor teaching it about tampons and both said no way. Both had been in combat and they said there are simply way better tools out there to use. |
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Posted: 1/16/2021 3:40:27 PM EDT
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Posted: 1/16/2021 3:42:22 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: For fuck's sake, just get actual bandages and dressings But I won't feel like Bear Grylls if I get the proper equipment... |
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Posted: 1/16/2021 3:43:08 PM EDT
[#46]
Quote HistoryQuoted: No, but I do have z-folded gauze, combat gauze and CAT tourniquets. |
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Posted: 1/16/2021 3:46:22 PM EDT
[#47]
Quoted: Tampons are good for plugging up puncture wounds and the pads make good dressings. Just make sure you get the non-scented type so you’re not injecting the scent chemical into the wound. Playtex Unscented Tampons, Always Maxi Unscented Pads No. No they’re fucking not. Drop this nonsense. |
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Posted: 1/16/2021 3:49:16 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Hmmmm, a device designed to insert into a bloody hole and swell up and stop the bleeding. What use could it be in combat wounds.....? Vaginas are not wounds. |
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Posted: 1/16/2021 3:49:32 PM EDT
[#49]
I'll stick with TQs and compression bandages. My wife can carry the tampons.
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Posted: 1/16/2021 3:49:42 PM EDT
[#50]
I have a celox-a packed in there
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