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    Blood Types

    It would be good to know in case the world takes a dump. Could save your life.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_type

    Last edited by recon; 09-07-2015 at 11:12 AM.
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    very handy to have - thanks
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    Hope I don't need any blood when things go south. Very slim pickings... O-
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    Pretty much everything about battlefield first aid has changed in the last 10 years, and every time I go through our refresher course something is new.

    Some examples:

    The whole writing your blood type on your boots or uniform is a thing of the past, and even if you have it tattooed on your arm, it will be ignored. They will type your blood before giving you whole blood products.

    No CPR under fire, no CPR for cardiac arrest due to blood loss.

    No saline IV's for massive blood loss in the field, it thins out the blood and bust clots that you want, you get hextant IV's with TXA as a volume maximizer and clot preservative.

    Everyone carries two tourniquets, that must be capable of ambidextrous single hand application. As well as compressed gauze, chest seals, 2-3 chest decompression needles, quick clot gauze, (the powder is unsafe for use, causes thermal and chemical burns that destroy viable tissue). tape and small ace bandage rolls.

    Look for TCCC training online, it is the current go to.

    Edit to add:

    they just put this out last refresher, if the guy is down, no pulse, not breathing, and he does not have an obvious fatal injury, needle decompress both sides of his chest before calling it quits. A double tension pneumothorax would slowly stop his breathing and could build up enough pressure around his heart so that it can not get full compressions, and no pulse would be felt. By relieving the pressure you allow the heart to beat and the lungs to properly inflate. A couple guys that were thought to be KIA were needled as a last resort and were saved.
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    Quote Originally Posted by alismith View Post
    Hope I don't need any blood when things go south. Very slim pickings... O-
    For you to receive, yes Alismith. But being a universal donor, you could have a valuable barter item.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Viking350 View Post
    For you to receive, yes Alismith. But being a universal donor, you could have a valuable barter item.
    Well, I am a big hit with the Vampire Inner Circle....
    "Valar morghulis; valar dohaeris."

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    Quote Originally Posted by Viking350 View Post
    For you to receive, yes Alismith. But being a universal donor, you could have a valuable barter item.
    A case of beefaroni or half an hour with Betty-Lou the mannequin isn't worth getting a needle of unknown background stuck in my arm under SHTF conditions.

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    bleh O+ here.. kinda fucked if needed.... BUT half of my blood has been replaced with Faygo .
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    Quote Originally Posted by Helen Keller View Post
    bleh O+ here.. kinda fucked if needed.... BUT half of my blood has been replaced with Faygo .

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    Quote Originally Posted by Helen Keller View Post
    bleh O+ here.. kinda fucked if needed.... BUT half of my blood has been replaced with Faygo .
    Well, I guess I could take beer transfusions. It's already the color of piss, so that should be easier on the kidneys, at least.
    Last edited by alismith; 09-10-2015 at 01:06 PM.
    "Valar morghulis; valar dohaeris."

    Commucrats are most efficient at converting sins and crimes to accidents or misunderstandings.-Oswald Bastable

    Making good people helpless won't make bad people harmless.

    Freedom isn't free.

    "Attitude is the paintbrush that colors our world." TV Series, Haven.

    My Spirit Animal has rabies.

    I'd rather be an American than a Democrat.

    "If you can make a man afraid, you can control him" Netflix Series, The Irregulars

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    With all the micro brewery's we should be able to find a temporary replacement.

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