trauma

  1. 1911user

    HEALTH Combat Pill Pack - Emergency Injury Meds - Good Idea or Bad?

    A US "combat pill pack" is a group of 3 drugs selected to be taken together after a soldier is injured. It consists of a strong anti-biotic, an anti-inflamatory, and pain relief. The military combat pill pack contains 400mg Moxifloxacin (anti-biotic), 15mg Meloxicam (Mobic, anti-inflammatory)...
  2. 1911user

    Trauma medical kit (blowout kit) - Do you have one? - Know how/when to use it?

    Trauma medicine is medical help when immediate attention is required or someone (maybe you) will bleed out in less than 10 minutes. Examples of trauma medicine are someone was shot, bad fall with a deep puncture wound, punctured lung, somehow an artery is cut and it looks like a red fountain at...
  3. Loretta Van Riet

    PRYR RQST On behalf of member, BONES

    I am posting this request with his permission. Many of us remember the terrible fall he had almost 3 years ago... An Update and Request: A week from tomorrow, on June 12, Cindy and I will finally go to a SSDI hearing in front of a judge. Two days later, on the 14th, we will place yet another...
  4. BigFootsCousin

    HEALTH Celox & Quickclot for Trauma, have you ever used them?

    I've never used these products in the ED (ER) setting before, so I have NO experience with them. Have you ever used them before? If you have used these products, what were the circumstances, and the outcomes if you know them. These items seem to be available all over the internet, yet in my...
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