Comments on: How to Stop Bleeding Quickly using Black Pepper

By: John

John — Sat, 28 Feb 2015 00:32:14 +0000

Normally the idea of this type of glove is to protect the wearer from something they may catch from someone else. They’re not sterile ,unless you can get hold of the surgical ones (some of which come with a sachet of a starch type powder, to aid getting them onto the hand (which may also be used to stem bleeding)), but, I’m sure they’re better than an open wound – IF you cleanse/irrigate the wound first! If you have shuck and mite on yer skin, it’s a perfect little greenhouse for bacterial growth!

By: Jake101

Jake101 — Fri, 27 Feb 2015 10:32:02 +0000

I like the glove idea too.
Simple and effective. why didn’t I think of that one before!!
Nice one John.

By: UK Prepper

UK Prepper — Fri, 27 Feb 2015 10:19:43 +0000

Some good ideas there John.
The glove one is great, especially as they are normally quite sterile to start with.
Thanks for your advice..

By: John

John — Fri, 27 Feb 2015 06:46:15 +0000

Some of those little sachets you get at fast food outlets would be easy to slot into an EDC – some of them are ‘pepper substitute’ tho – would that make any difference?
I used to work in a hospital and a trick we used to use for shaving cuts was to liberally apply some talcum powder – it stems the bleeding very effectively.
Another trick I find that works for me for cuts to digits, is just to cut the finger/thumb from a nitrile glove, apply it like a finger stall, then just tape around the junction between it and the finger/thumb – I always carry about 20 gloves in my EDC.
I also carry some small tubes of superglue (nips a bit!), which can seal wounds – you can get tubes of the medical stuff.
If the cut is under hair on the scalp, hair on either side of the cut can be tied together, to pull the wound together and then pressure applied.