Unchained Preppers
General Category => Health => Topic started by: Nemo on August 21, 2024, 04:27:39 PM
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in a few seconds. This looks great and has FDA approval.
Nemo
https://www.fastcompany.com/91173438/traumagel-cresilon-fda-approval (https://www.fastcompany.com/91173438/traumagel-cresilon-fda-approval)
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Very interesting...
My understanding: things like packing, quick-clot, etc are addressed after transport to hospital/MASH - where a doctor with surgery skills and supplies proceeds to address the "issue".
But what happens in a situation where there will BE NO trained surgeon - what then?
We've managed to stop the overt bleeding but a gunshot wound involves LOTS of traumatized/damaged/destroyed tissue, deep inside. Are we talking get a surgeon involved or die? Or do protocols exist that provide a possible path towards recovery with the healing/remodeling proceeding "from the inside out".
In the hurly burly of what our MAGs might encounter, a realistic grounding in what to do, what to expect when 911 is gone would be good to have.
Firefights are the last thing we want to face - but IF one befalls someone, the odds are, they or a team member WILL catch a bullet, sooner or later. Because we'll run up against someone is either "better" or "just lucky". Maybe both.
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My .02
In all honesty, without access to trained trauma personnel most serious (as defined as to the head/thorax/abdomen or arteries) wounds will result in death or serious permanent disability. Essentially, you'd be back to Civil War era care- with all the horror that entails. I dealt with a few GSW's as a nurse, Catch a bunch of birdshot in the ass? Ok, that one is gonna make it (barring infection), but catch one in the shoulder- forget it- brachial artery is very vulnerable (in spite of all that bone) and is damn near impossible to deal with. IMO, probably the most likely to survive would be a wound to the lung, IF someone in your group manages to deal with the probable fragmentation and trauma, AND knows how to manage and insert a chest tube. Otherwise, if you are very lucky and the patient has incredible stamina and an equal will to live recovery is possible.
Note I said trauma personnel, not just any doctor, nor any surgeon. I watched a surgeon get so fixated on one element of a wound, that they lost sight of the rest of the patient's problems. Wanna guess the result? DOA. In some cases you'd probably be better off with a large animal vet.
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I have heard the same thing RB. I have taken two TC3 classes one facilitated by a veteran medic and the other by a SFOD A 18D. I also have a good friend who is a retired military RN now working in the public sector. They pretty much mirror your comments in that without a reliable medic unit that you can be evacuated to behind the lines, you will die. Either you will die of blood loss or infection.
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Generally true on the required follow up. But this looks like it will keep you alive until you get to the med tent.
Nemo