Tampons, not for gunshot wounds...

Matt Landfair

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http://privatebloggins.ca/?p=1026

A quote from the article:

A tampon is not designed to stop bleeding. It is not designed to clot blood from a wound. And I absolutely refuse to entertain any jokes whatsoever regarding the natural physiology of the female body. This is serious and respectful business. The bleeding source is not the vagina, but rather from the uterus, and blood flows out through the cervix then the vagina. The tampon is deigned to soak and hold a small amount of blood. The required function is very different. In the presence of a damaged artery, two 2″x4″ pieces of gauze is like throwing a rock at a tank.
 

Eagle1

Newbie
I was at a class years ago and was told the tampon thing. never even gave it a second thought about using one. Great article ..
 

lmhayes

Newbie
I've never been a medic so I've never heard of this. Have yall?

http://www.medgadget.com/2014/04/xs...m-approved-by-fda-for-use-on-battlefield.html


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It could have uses but for places like abdominal wounds it would be useless. The abdomen can swell rather largely so to stop bleeding there with this item, it would require huge amounts. Compression, minimal fluid resus, trauma bandage is still a better idea on the battle field. Also the need to carry a lot of these things makes it unatractive
 
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