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[–] JustUseMint 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

The last one is a myth, they are awful for trauma use cases and do nothing to actually staunch bleeding

[–] Evia 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] JustUseMint 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Of course :)

Only came up recently with the war in Ukraine. Some female Russian officer/leader was instructing new troops/mobiks to ask relatives for tampons for bleeding because the RU military literally doesn't have enough tourniquets everyone.

[–] Evia 2 points 7 months ago

Yet another reason to not go to war

[–] LowtierComputer 1 points 7 months ago

They draw up the blood.