Yes, that’s a Tampon in my mouth : The Swiss Army Survival Tampon : 7 Survival Uses

[Highlander]

(19 September 2013, 11:32)BeardyMan Wrote:

(19 September 2013, 11:25)Highlander Wrote: There probably is better stuff out there, but as a method of blood absorption, and keeping a wound clean,... and the fact that so many can be carried in a very small space, then [ at least in the Falklands war ] they proved their worth.

Not a lot of us would be carrying a full med pack around with us, where as you could quickly stuff 10 or more of these into your top pocket

Why not carry the correct stuff for the job, as it's easily accessible now?

I've got thousands of bandages of all shapes and sizes, for the sake of a couple of cubic centimetres I'll pack those and a few celox / quick clot bandages. Much better than fanny plugs

There is probably a lot of difference between a military use and a civilian use,.. for the soldier on the battlefield, he would rather use a tampon [ or the proper field dressing ] than he would bandages, as often there is little time to wrap bandages over a wound,... a Tampon, like a field dressing is easily teased out and used as a pressure pad

I know that Celox is used in the military,... but I never saw it