• @JustUseMint
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    9 months ago

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

    • @Evia
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      19 months ago

      Huh, TIL. Thanks

      • @JustUseMint
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        19 months ago

        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
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          29 months ago

          Yet another reason to not go to war