You seem to misunderstand the American healthcare system. Always act as if you're close to dying, because the insurance companies will kill you with debt.
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realitaetsverlust@piefed.zip 2 weeks ago
Eating a cigarette isn’t going to outright kill you, some worm having a happy meal in your stomach might, or at least incapacitate you enough to get killed by something - or someone.
There’s lots of things in life that you shouldn’t do, but can help you in an emergency. There’s chlorine tablets - not exactly healthy, but can help with gut bacteria in a pinch. Cauterizing a wound is fucking painful and is not recommended by modern physicians - but it beats bleeding out or dying to an infection.
Keep in mind that those are not “DYI at home” kinds of tips, but “You got shot in the middle of nowhere and you’r close to dying.
Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org 2 weeks ago
over_clox@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Nah, you can die in the ER waiting room like my old friend Ryan P.
He literally died in the waiting room in the hospital, he died from a dental abscess that bursted into his bloodstream and went to his brain.
Dude died at age 27, and he wasn’t even part of the 27 club, he was seeking treatment! 😭
Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org 2 weeks ago
Yup, my ex demanded I get treatment for an abscess two years ago, and this year when I was concerned about it, my dentist (who I went to with an emergency) told me it would have developed into an abscess. Instead it was two root canals.
Reisen@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
idk if you meant that but electrocauterization is still a thing that’s done routinely by modern physicians (and still fucking hurts). you can’t close up all blood vessels easily with other methods.
realitaetsverlust@piefed.zip 2 weeks ago
Never heard of that tbh, I would expect that they just seal the wound with plaster or something lmao. I won’t doubt it tho, medicine is wild.
SkyJuice@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Electrocautery pens are still used when you get a growth/mole removed. I’ve had it done
over_clox@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Man, you would bring up cauterizing a wound…
Many years ago we had a terrier dog that got shot by a neighbor in her right hip. Thankfully it only went under the skin and came back out like 3 inches away, so no serious internal damages, but the dog’s wounds kept bleeding and bleeding…
Dad couldn’t afford a vet, but I wasn’t gonna just let the dog bleed out either. I got out my soldering iron and cauterized the wounds myself until she quit bleeding. Yeah the dog didn’t like it much, nor did she like me very much afterwards, but I successfully stopped the bleeding and she ended up fully healing up with no problems.
Carnelian@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Did she ever come back around on you? If only we could explain things to them haha
over_clox@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
She was already a bit of a mean ass bitch even before that happened, probably half of why one of the neighbors shot her in the first place.
She did chill out a bit after all that though, but she never particularly liked me after that either.
Scubus@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Pretty sure a lot of solder is lead based, for anyone needing to replicate this make sure you thoroughly clean the soldering iron.
over_clox@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Yes I did do my best to clean the tip first.
Choose your battles in life, either leak out or take your chances…
Our dog Rosie totally survived, no complications, aside from her not exactly liking me much after that…