r/YUROP • u/GreenEyeOfADemon EUROPE ENDS IN LUHANSK! • Jun 12 '25

BE BRAVE LIKE UKRAINE Smoke kills.

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Just to be clear, Casualties means KIA, WIA, MIA.

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u/RelativeAnxious9796 Jun 12 '25

"wow that bullet hole in your leg is really bleeding...would be a shame if the state issued tourniquet broke when you tried to apply preasure to it"

"oh youre wounded? better put you in the next meat wave so we dont have to care for you bye."

"your husband died? that's really sad, anyway here's a meat grinder for your service"

cant imagine how this is happening frankly

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u/Head_Complex4226 United Kingdom‏‏‎ ‎ Jun 12 '25

would be a shame if the state issued tourniquet broke

State-issued? Tourniquet? I thought it was 'hope your girlfriend sent you tampons'.

"your husband died? that's really sad, anyway here's a meat grinder for your service"

At least that's an upgrade, compared to the cheapest possible toilet paper people affected by an ammunition depot explosion got.

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u/Jean_Luc_Lesmouches France‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ Jun 12 '25

State-issued? Tourniquet? I thought it was 'hope your girlfriend sent you tampons'.

I mean, that's what they were first invented for.

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u/Head_Complex4226 United Kingdom‏‏‎ ‎ Jun 12 '25 edited Jun 12 '25

Yes, in that the material - cellucotton - was invented for bandages during WWI.

However, as we are talking torniquet, the typical tampon or pad just isn't enough material to absorb a gushing arterial wound (nor does it have the other structure bandages from a trauma kit would have).

Better than nothing - but you'd probably be better off with an improvised tourniquet (the handkerchief and stick seen in cowboy films)...and a commercial tourniquet is cheaper than a box of tampons.

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u/HugsFromCthulhu Jun 12 '25

You may not like, but this is what peak happiness looks like in Ruzzia