So,long time pre-Scout lurker, reloading forum, vintage rifle,and px(buyer) troll. Former 3531 Marine, EAS’d in 1997. Been a Journeyman Lineman since ‘08 and have a lot of hurt man rescue and enclosed space training, in my work environment scenario’s. First aid, CPR,Aed, burn treatment at scene, etc. Pretty much has been milk toast in my opinion. “We’ll provide you with enough immediate aid stuff till EMS arrives” type training, is what it is. Wanting to advance myself past that.My question, and haven’t seen it here, unless I’ve missed it, what are you guys that have been down range, or first responders, using for compound fracture splints with and without arterial bleeding? As in what worked for you, and what hasn’t? And how about the Boo Boo’s? I’ve super glued a cut on myself to continue a task, painful, but doable, and being 47 now and younger then, healed nicely.What brand of cold packs work the best, the longest,and what to stay away from? Been doing a lot of Helocopter work out west recently and tried to do a comms check on a Inmarsat and couldn’t get comms to work and got me thinking about what to start looking at for splints, cold packs, snake bite, and dehydration. I’m talking 30 mi hump to nearest blacktop
road shit to get to EMS, because overland travel for a bus is too rough, can’t get comms with airship to come get to us and we can help scenario, all for power to cell tower...,.
So, my request for stuff that has worked for you guys and gals.
-No shit cold packs that work more than 5 minutes
-Snakebite kits, as well as the truth and myths about them, and what to do if i don’t have one. Side effects etc, if i use one on a crew member
-Splints
-TQ’s, self and assisted applied, think thread was started in ‘17, what are you guys training with and using in’22
-Hydration, we hold 2.4KV-16KV in rubber gloves and sleeves almost daily, (call it holding the devil), and have a hard time staying hydrated. So we’ve tried all the Pedialyte (sp?) type shit, liquid iv’s included. Anything else we can try, that maybe you don’t see online that is as good as a saline Iv bag when you need it for the consumer that isn’t main stream?
-Ankle wraps, wrist wraps in
-Iodine, we still using this for wound sterilization or not? Cream Corps was all about Iodine and ibuprofen back when I was in.
-What to use on a crew member if bird goes down, splashes fuel on the deck and a guy on the ground and gets JP8 fuel burns
-Tampons, are they sterile enough for wound packing and blood control? Flame away, just thinking outside, yes, the box. Was thinking their pretty light to carry and stuff.
Appreciate any comments and recommendations, been trolling a long time here and I think it’s one of the best topic’s and threads.