Comments on: How to Stop Bleeding Quickly using Black Pepper or Cayenne Pepper

By: Evan

Evan — Thu, 01 Mar 2018 18:25:18 +0000

Looks like I’ll be adding black and cayenne pepper to my BoB! I wonder how much that cayenne pepper burns..

By: Zero-Sum Survival

Zero-Sum Survival — Sun, 20 Aug 2017 15:54:15 +0000

I would always advise to remind people that depending on the depth of the cut or how vascular the area to always follow up with covering the area and applying direct pressure to help stem the flow of blood to the actual point of laceration. A dressing also keeps the wound “packed” until it can be cleaned out and reexamined later on.

For heavier bleeding, simplying pressure on the vein feeding the wound at a spot proximal to the wound (between it and the heart) will slow/drop the bleeding long enough for the clotting agent (pepper, Celox, etc) to activate. I’m not talking about a tourniquet, I mean simply using your finger to press down on the vein above the wound. Also keeping the wounded area above the heart helps as well. People tend to forget the basics when they pack items they feel can do all the work for them.

By: Step

Step — Sat, 10 Sep 2016 04:03:32 +0000

Powdered cayenne works much better and can be used for heavy wounds.

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 29 Jul 2016 23:07:01 +0000

Super Glue was finally put on the market in 1958 by Eastman Kodak and was called the slightly less catchy name of “Eastman #910”, though they later re-named it “Super Glue”. Eastman #910 was soon licensed to Loctite who then re-branded it again to a somewhat uninspired name of “Loctite Quick Set 404”. Although, they later developed their own version, calling it “Super Bonder”.

By: Fawn

Fawn — Mon, 22 Feb 2016 00:57:11 +0000

That’s awesome

By: "Danny" Harold Kaye

"Danny" Harold Kaye — Thu, 12 Nov 2015 19:13:09 +0000

“superglue (nips a bit!), which can seal wounds” – superglue was invented with the specific purpose of sealing wounds (in Vietnam War).

DHK

By: Richard

Richard — Sat, 30 May 2015 06:46:36 +0000

Like the ground pepper trick for small cuts

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.