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CPO Steelworker
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Ya, those are the injuries they are having a hard time with. They also have what we called a ballistic diaper you wear over your FROG trousers and we usually wore them when in convoys as that is where this type of injury comes form. I did not have these in Iraq but when we deployed to Afghanistan was issued them in 2012.
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SGT Infantryman (Airborne)
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Thanks for your response CPO (Join to see). Nice to read from someone who knows what it does.
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SGT (Join to see) - I kinda thought XSTAT Dressing was cool!!! Warmest Regards, Sandy :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkh842bxW54
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1LT Sandy Annala, I'm guessing the sponges are removed during surgery. How are they kept sanitary once they're in?
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SGT (Join to see) - They aspirate them out in the OR. Each of the tiny sponges has a radio opaque tag so you can track them on X Ray. Warmest Regards, Sandy :)
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WOW! That's awesome 1LT Sandy Annala. Modern medicine that does save lives. That's great. Thanks Sandy.
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SGT Bryan Stanley
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This is cool. Would have been really useful if I had these in Iraq, back in 2003-2004.
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SGT Tim Soyars
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I work in the ER every day. I have spent years in the Trauma Center, back of an ambulance, a chopper, or in the backwoods of Nowhereland. I have seen the advancements of military trauma care work it's way into the civilian healthcare system. We learn a lot from war. It's one of the few good things that come out of it. Most of what I learned at Ft. Sam and Ft. Bragg is basic Paramedic stuff now. Keeping up with the advances in care from the military through conferences, reading, and friends who have deployed, whether AD, NG, or Reserve, is one of my passions. Trying to convince the powers that be is easier today than earlier, because of the influx of senior nurses with military backgrounds and docs who were AD or Reserve. The Assiut Femoral Compression Devices (AFCD) has been used for a few years. I think the AF PJs used it a lot. It was the best thing available at the time. Hope this one pans out.
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