Tampons and Maxipads for first aid...

[TGS]

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

I've made these same arguments here before, but some were resistant to listen......I guess the old maxim holds true about not being an expert unless youre from outside the company...

So here is a good explanation on why using tampons and maxipads for hemmorhage control is a bad idea.

[RoyGBiv]

Thanks for the pro-tip.!! "Surface area" makes sense.

Ida gone with a tampon in a pinch. Mindset changed to "bamboo or cotton shirt".

[Suvorov]

Thanks for the timely information. I was actually thinking about adding them to my blow out kit and vehicle first aid kits.

[Drang]

I'd read that elsewhere, thanks for providing the link.

Anyone else thinking "Oh, John Ringo, no!"

[ST911]

When someone advocates tampons or pads for a GSW/BOK/FAK, ask them how well they worked the last time they used them on a bleed. Note response, or lack thereof.

[DocGKR]

I shoved Combat Gauze into the last soft tissue GSW we had here--worked pretty well, almost like it was designed to stop bleeding...

[Odin Bravo One]

I shoved Combat Gauze into the last soft tissue GSW we had here--worked pretty well, almost like it was designed to stop bleeding...

I've tossed CG to some of the women in my life when I noticed they were ultra-bitchy.

Did not work as well as I had anticipated.........

[jc000]

Wouldn't it be better to bleed out than lug around a bunch of pads???

[ST911]

I shoved Combat Gauze into the last soft tissue GSW we had here--worked pretty well, almost like it was designed to stop bleeding...

Quackery.

[45dotACP]

Well thought out article. Thanks for the link TGS!