"Anyone got a tourniquet?"

[SikaSeeker]

Indeed.....considering people undergo orthopaedic and plastic surgery on a regular basis whilst using a tourniquet without problem. The one thing that is important is that time the tourniquet is/was applied is clear to all involved. Sometimes the discomfort from removing the tourniquet can be worse than the original injury as the blood and oxygen reach all the extremities....
Added to that a quickly and effectively applied tourniquet in a trauma situation can be a lifesaver - just look at the number of casualties from Iraq/Afghanistan due to IED's as evidence.....it's far easier to treat any hypoxic injuries to a limb after a tourniquet has been in place rather than trying to resuscitate a body that has exsanguinated from a major haemorrhage.

Yes, but the tourniquet is like a big blood pressure cuff, the pressure is reduced during surgery for blood flow. I work in orthopaedics at present.

 

[Mungo]

@Mungo

Good Lord. I would tell that story to every bloke in every pub, every BBQ and every camp fire , for the rest of my life.

"Pour me another whisky and I will show you the scar !"



Glad you survived it.

So here’s a picture of the eland after it was shot, to give some idea of just how lucky I was.

And a picture of the very disappointing scar!

 

[Eddie P]

Yes, but the tourniquet is like a big blood pressure cuff, the pressure is reduced during surgery for blood flow. I work in orthopaedics at present.

Doing what role?

 

[SikaSeeker]

Doing what role?

I’m a nurse. Why you ask?

 

[Stalker62]

And a picture of the very disappointing scar!

@Mungo

No scar is disappointing.

Every man should sport at least one.

Makes a man so much more interesting...

 

[Mungo]

@Mungo

No scar is disappointing.

Every man should sport at least one.

Makes a man so much more interesting...



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When I was little, I used to be absolutely fascinated by my Dad’s scars (he too grew up in Africa, and had a solid collection). I was very much in awe of him.

This thread prompted me to do a count, and I was shocked and delighted to discover that I now have more than he did.

His most dramatic was given to him by a Landrover - something I imagine you would appreciate!

 

[Stalker62]

His most dramatic was given to him by a Landrover - something I imagine you would appreciate!

Having owned Landrovers for over twenty years, it is my experience that the scars they cause are both mental and financial...

 

[Stalker62]

This thread prompted me to do a count, and I was shocked and delighted to discover that I now have more than he did.

I am resisting the urge to start a thread about folks scars...





I suspect the images would be 'emotional' ...




and the stories would get folk banned...

 

[Mungo]

I am resisting the urge to start a thread about folks scars...





I suspect the images would be 'emotional' ...

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and the stories would get folk banned...


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Do it!!

It’ll be fascinating.

Far more interesting than another ‘Creedmoor or’ thread…

 

[merlin]

I am resisting the urge to start a thread about folks scars...





I suspect the images would be 'emotional' ...

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and the stories would get folk banned...


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Tell Al Pacino he's not allowed to post

I am resisting the urge to start a thread about folks scars...





I suspect the images would be 'emotional' ...

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and the stories would get folk banned...


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Tell Al Pacino he's not allowed to post.

 

[Eddie P]

I’m a nurse. Why you ask?

Just wondering your background and your basis for giving advice that may dissuade people from appropriate life saving first aid interventions.

 

[SikaSeeker]

Just wondering your background and your basis for giving advice that may dissuade people from appropriate life saving first aid interventions.

This is what I know, you have to weigh up the situation. If you need to use one to help save a life then do, I’m just saying what I’ve been trained.
If someone ruptured a major blood vessel, would I put a tourniquet on, absolutely I would.

 

[ShootyBang]

Which is utter bolloks!

He must be *very* ex-mil, as anyone in the army since about 2010 knows the CAT goes on as soon as you see that arterial bleed, or indeed any significant bleed. This was one of the very (sadly) hard-learned lessons of that decade+ of shitty fighting.