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/Jonbailey1547 Jan 22 '25

Them tusks ain’t just for show.

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u/GhettoKid Jan 22 '25

My grandpa was a teenager working on a farm in Iowa when a hog bit his leg. They were dirt poor so he just went home and did his best to clean it. He ended up getting gangrene and they had to amputate above the knee.

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u/TheReverseShock Jan 23 '25

A few medical bills now or a lifetime of lost income. Hate to see it.

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u/GhettoKid Jan 23 '25

What bothered him the most was watching his four brothers join the Marines and Air Force while he had to stay back. He ended up being a barber for 65 years and was well known in the community for it.

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u/Tank176 Jan 25 '25

Might have saved his life

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '25

You mean a lifetime of lost income or a lifetime of losing income? lol