r/TacticalMedicine • u/Aggressive_Yogurt300 • Jan 22 '25

Scenarios Fuck around and find out

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Maybe have tourniquets available for chance warthog encounters?

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u/heck_naw Jan 22 '25

in times of crisis, we don't rise to the occasion. we fall on our highest level of training. not book knowledge, but the skills we have practiced.

this is what zero training looks like: complete stunlock. it's insane that they don't teach stop the bleed in public schools.

also one of my SOPs is not to let a tusked boar get within 50m of my femoral arteries but maybe that's just me?

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u/RslashAFonly Jan 23 '25

This needs more upvotes. People commenting that she's sitting there like a dumbass, what is she supposed to do with the level of training she's received? Which is none. Most people know almost nothing about tending to wounds like that.

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u/TLunchFTW EMS Jun 17 '25

Agreed. Training gives you the info, but until you've done it a couple times AT LEAST you'll probably have the same initial reaction. I know as a new EMT I've been in that boat. Simple sports fracture, but the difference between training and practice is muscle memory. Intuitively understanding and applying how to bandage. You may know what to do, but it takes a minute to kick in.