correct me if i'm wrong but i remember reading somewhere (might been on this forum) that the british military issues two tampons to each soldier to ""plug"" bullet wounds....
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correct me if i'm wrong but i remember reading somewhere (might been on this forum) that the british military issues two tampons to each soldier to ""plug"" bullet wounds....
I agree with everything you say.
We are products of our environment, whether native or longtime transplant.
I speak of my experience, in my natural wilderness (which holds from the Rockies west). My location is clearly marked top right. I certainly didn't expect to be called out for trying to expand on the common knowledge and geographical base here.
As an aside, to illustrate the levels of existing (or non lol) humidity in my immediate area...
(A phenomenon unknown in the days of slower travel, ie; horses, walking, etc.)
When traveling on the interstates and reentering Southern California from more humid climates in the heat of summer, one can actually feel their skin dry out. It gets tight and feels stretched. It goes away pretty quickly after a few drinks of water and just getting used to it.
I don't think you were "called out" exactly - just other folk having different experiences in different environments.
I am assuming that the SoCalUSA is Southern California - these cryptograms are not common knowledge this side of the pond
When I see "MA" as a location I often think "He should leave home and not think of his White Haired Old Mother as an address..." then I think "Oh - another Yankee!" 
Been in the military since 1990 and can say I have never been issued a tampon. However, that might change with the cuts we've been experiencing!
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There is far too much out there for me to learn in one life-time. So my plan is now teach my boys what I know and let them increase the knowledge and hopefully pass it on in the future.
There is far too much out there for me to learn in one life-time. So my plan is now teach my boys what I know and let them increase the knowledge and hopefully pass it on in the future.
He said "military" JF
My survival kit had one in but that was never issued for bullet wounds. It was for use as tinder. The big joke was that you could use it for bullet wounds and as an alternative use it can be justified for the entry wound. For an exit wound I could use my socks but they are not issued for that purpose. I think that if I was shot that would probably mean my evasion phase would be severely curtailed and I would have to start turning on the charm offensive and hope that they take a liking to me in the good sense.
Nope, to start a bushcraft school and be taken seriously you'll need a leather wide-brimmed hat and a Swanndri bushshirt as well.
Gauze isn't a wound dressing, it is a light open weave stuff and utterly useless for soaking up blood. Not like a proper wound dressing.
A lot of ready-stocked first aid kits have gauze but no wound dressings. Bloody stupid, as a clean Tshirt or pantyhose can substitute for gauze but gauze ain't no substitute for a wound dressing!
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Pretty long discussion on the thread. http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=123230&page=3
Post 45 from a medic I think states they are not to be used.
Talked to our village nurse today who sometimes deals with gunshot wounds and she told me never push things into a gunshot wound.
This supposed good idea about using sanitary dressings instead of wound dressings is a bit of an urban myth, tbh.
The pads and tampons are readily available to buy, and if there are women in the company then most likely they will be in someone's bag too.
That's the only reason that they were ever even considered a good idea; they were probably at hand.
However, that has somehow morphed into the daft notion that they're somehow better than genuine wound dressings
Sometimes I want to tell folk to apply a bit of forethought
Sanitary dressings are not, and never were, intended for contact with open wounds. They are absorbent, and unless moist, they can, and do, get stuck. They are clean and hygienic, but they are no more sterile than babies disposable nappies. The dressings are mostly made of rayon, go and do some research, rayon fibres do end up in tissue, there are issues with them, and they're not good ones.
If you are doing something that potentially will leave you in need of wound dressing, do yourself a kindness and go and buy the right bandages.
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There are over 20,000 edible plant species in the world
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cheers,
Toddy
The pads and tampons are readily available to buy, and if there are women in the company then most likely they will be in someone's bag too.
That's the only reason that they were ever even considered a good idea; they were probably at hand.
However, that has somehow morphed into the daft notion that they're somehow better than genuine wound dressings
Sometimes I want to tell folk to apply a bit of forethought
Sanitary dressings are not, and never were, intended for contact with open wounds. They are absorbent, and unless moist, they can, and do, get stuck. They are clean and hygienic, but they are no more sterile than babies disposable nappies. The dressings are mostly made of rayon, go and do some research, rayon fibres do end up in tissue, there are issues with them, and they're not good ones.
If you are doing something that potentially will leave you in need of wound dressing, do yourself a kindness and go and buy the right bandages.
Best Bushcraft Fact ?
There are over 20,000 edible plant species in the world
http://www.pfaf.org/user/edibleuses.aspx
cheers,
Toddy
It is better to wear several thin layers than few thick layers when trying to get warm. This is because it traps the heat between the layers and keeps you warm rather than letting the heat escape with the thicker layers.
Hey, nephilim, I'm not sure that is as clear cut as that. Depends on the material and what you are wearing on top.
Say you are wearing one thick parka 2" thick. And the next guy is wearing 4 thin shirts/vests each a half inch thick - total 2". They both trap the same amount of air. You can't put extra air where room doesn't exist.
What matters most is the amount of still air trapped against your body. If I wear an old leather coat or one of my caribou huntin furs which are thick, heavy and let no wind in at all and don't have much 'give in them' I always keep warm even when blowing hard with cold wind even with just a fleece under.
If wear cheap jacket which is not windproof you can wear lots of shirts or fleeces underneath and the wind will soon find your skin.
Typical British weather ….today in fact
7am, cool, windy and spitting with rain.
8am, calm and sunny
9am, overcast and windy
10am, windy and sunny
11am, spitting with rain again
12noon, sunny and calmer
1pm, cloudy and windy
2pm, hail
3pm, overcast and a bitterly cold wind
4pm, sunny and pouring with rain, and still that bitterly cold wind
5pm, calm and clear
6pm, overcast and spitting with rain.
We're trying to put up new fencing; it's not been the best of days for it. I have had jumpers on and off, waterproofs on and off, and I still had to find the sunblock
Your point about the leather/hide jacket is taken, but I'd have melted wearing that much of the day here. That's why we wear layers, with lightweight waterproofs or if we're kind of hanging around something like a wax jacket on top of the lot.
Our outer layer is generally a waterproof one that stops the wind too, but it doesn't need to be a thick layer to do that. Good wool works for it, but it can get really sodden wet and be a pain to dry off, and ventile gets stiff and heavy.
We know that in the past our ancestors used salmon skins as cagoules, much the same way the Inuit used intestines from sea mammals, so it has a long provenance using a lightweight water and wind proof as an outer layer.
M
7am, cool, windy and spitting with rain.
8am, calm and sunny
9am, overcast and windy
10am, windy and sunny
11am, spitting with rain again
12noon, sunny and calmer
1pm, cloudy and windy
2pm, hail
3pm, overcast and a bitterly cold wind
4pm, sunny and pouring with rain, and still that bitterly cold wind
5pm, calm and clear
6pm, overcast and spitting with rain.
We're trying to put up new fencing; it's not been the best of days for it. I have had jumpers on and off, waterproofs on and off, and I still had to find the sunblock
Your point about the leather/hide jacket is taken, but I'd have melted wearing that much of the day here. That's why we wear layers, with lightweight waterproofs or if we're kind of hanging around something like a wax jacket on top of the lot.
Our outer layer is generally a waterproof one that stops the wind too, but it doesn't need to be a thick layer to do that. Good wool works for it, but it can get really sodden wet and be a pain to dry off, and ventile gets stiff and heavy.
We know that in the past our ancestors used salmon skins as cagoules, much the same way the Inuit used intestines from sea mammals, so it has a long provenance using a lightweight water and wind proof as an outer layer.
M
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