that's where I learned the really outdated information about how you only use TQs in the last possible scenario

Yeahhh

because that was back before people realized TQs should be a go-to option

Right

Why was anyone confused about that? If people are dying from blood loss and TQs stop blood loss...... Where is the disconnect here?

Though I remember taking some stupid class so I could be a certified babysitter or some bullshit and they asked us what we should do if the kid gets cut and I said tourniquet

nice

And they were like uhh

No

Because they used to believe that if you put a tourniquet on a limb and it stayed there over a couple hours then the limb was basically done

general idea back then was that TQs restricted bloodflow and that EMSs wouldn't get people to care rooms fast enough to prevent limb loss

yeah

And would have to be amputated

yep

We now know that is not the case

So what, do limbs last longer than we thought?

Yes

yeah

They just assumed that limbs were as fragile as brains?

when it comes to blood loss?

tbh the big thing I imagine is that TQs just restrict bloodflow rather than cutting it off completely

And massive hemorrhage is like the largest cause for preventable battlefield death now so the go to is just slap a TQ on it

might not get as much blood as you need to have regular function but likely can last for a long time because some veins are still pumping thru

Sci-Fi Biofoam sealant when?

never

NOw fucking put on the TQ

I hope you pre-looped your shit

biofoam already exists tbh

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkh842bxW54

I hear this shit causes tons of issues tho

but it's been tested for a bit now

XSTAT

could be just like TQs tbh

Bullet hole tampons?

was basically told that it leaves people "picking out bits of foam from a wound"

Zfold gauze is pretty good for packing

Yeah no, I'm talking about like, that expandable foam you put in walls but body safe.

XSTAT is basically that?

it's literally a syringe of foam that expands on contact with blood inside the wound

yes but it's solid from the start.

Yeah pretty much it’s just not one piece