The Slishman Wrap & Wound Care For When There Is No Doctor

If you were miles from the nearest hospital, or a loved one were accidentally seriously injured but you needed to buy time till help arrived, what would you do? Blood is pooling fast, panic is rising faster, and eyes are locked onto you like you’re the last lifeline in a storm.

I would own and use a Slishman Wrap. It is one of the most versatile first aid items to have, and it serves multiple purposes. The Slishman can also be more easily applied one-handed than a traditional tourniquet.

The Slishman Pressure Wrap was created by Dr. Sam Slishman, an emergency medicine doc, to make applying a tourniquet or pressure bandage simpler for an untrained user.

Because of the risk involved, traditional tourniquets should 1.) only be applied by someone with proper training and 2.) initiate an immediate evacuation to definitive care. Most ordinary people don’t own or even know how to use one. (source)

Using the Slishman pressure wrap, however, is intuitive – apply direct pressure and wrap around the wound. If too much pressure is applied, the wrap can be easily adjusted as to not make the injury worse. It is finely adjustable (tighten until hemostasis is achieved, then loosen for pain control and better perfusion to the extremity).

It will replace the Combat Application Tourniquet (CAT), which will stop bleeding, but the pain is crazy —plus, you could lose the entire limb if not administered correctly and for too long. A CAT won’t work for kids.

Not so with the Slishman Wrap.

This IS worth your time and can save a life even if you are untrained. Learn about it now and even teach your older kids.

20 minutes. Pls watch till the end.

The Slishman Wrap isn’t your average pressure bandage, it’s one wrap with endless possibilities. 1 minute.

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The wrap is increasingly making its way into law enforcement and extreme outdoor sports for good reason.

See it used as a sling for a broken arm and for a femoral bleed from 3:05 – 6:20 here:

“First responders shouldn’t have to choose between small, medium and large. One size should fit all … babies, cats, dogs, and rhinos included. No limb is too small for the Slishman Pressure Wrap. Fully stretched, it reaches 10 feet, so even for larger limbs, one size fits darn near all… and a second placed on top of the first will cover the rest.” ~Dr. Sam Slishman (read more here)

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First things first: The bleeding has to stop

Blood is dramatic. It’s messy, it’s terrifying, and if it’s pumping out of someone like a fountain, your window to act is small.

The human body holds about 1.25 to 1.5 gallons of blood. Lose a third of that, and the body starts shutting down. Lose half? It’s often fatal. So before you worry about stitches, sterilization, or anything else, the bleeding stops. Period.

Here is where you need to know about the Slishman Pressure Wrap. (If you haven’t seen the videos above yet, now is the time.)

Here is your alternative..

Give direct pressure. Grab the cleanest cloth you have, or sterile gauze if you’re lucky —and press it hard against the wound. Don’t peek. Don’t lift it to check. Just press. If blood soaks through, add another layer on top and keep pressing. Most bleeding will slow or stop within a few minutes.

But what if it doesn’t? That’s when you escalate. Hemostatic gauze, impregnated with clotting agents like chitosan or zeolite, can be a game-changer. Pack it into the wound and hold pressure. No hemostatic gauze? A tampon works in a pinch. It’s designed to absorb blood and can be pressed into a deep wound.

If the bleeding is from an artery — bright red, spurting with each heartbeat — you’re in critical territory.

This is why I own several Slishman wraps, and have given the Slishman as gifts to our adult kids for emergencies.

Clean it like you mean it: The battle against infection

Once the bleeding is under control, the real work begins: preventing infection. In a sterile hospital, surgeons have autoclaves, antibiotic flushing solutions, and teams of nurses to keep everything pristine. But if you are in a situation far from help, you need to be prepared.

Step one: Use sterile gloves, otherwise your hands are the biggest threat to the wound right now.

Step two: Irrigate the wound. If you’ve got sterile saline and an individually wrapped 20cc syringe, perfect. If not, boiled and cooled water is your next best bet. Use a syringe (or a plastic bag with tiny holes poked in it) to flush out dirt, debris, and bacteria. Never use straight (100%) alcohol, hydrogen peroxide, or iodine inside the wound — they kill tissue and slow healing. (Consider diluted 10% iodine solution—1 part iodine to 10 parts water—instead.)

Step three: Debride if necessary. Dead tissue is a delicacy for bacteria. If the wound has ragged edges or grayish, mushy flesh, you’ll need to trim it away with boiled or sterile scissors or a scalpel. This isn’t for the squeamish, but leaving necrotic tissue behind is asking for gangrene.

Step four: Animal bites, puncture wounds, and anything older than 12 hours are better left open to drain. Stitching them traps bacteria inside, turning the wound into a pressure cooker for infection. But a clean, fresh cut that gapes open? That’s a candidate for steri-strips (if not very deep) or bandage covering with external support (Kerlix or Ace bandage) to keep edges approximated. We are part of a “Plant & Prep” group with friends, and one of our group is a trauma doctor with international experience and she said that even in the best of circumstances, the outdoors is not the place to be putting in sutures. There is too much chance of infection. Even she wouldn’t do it. Just cover it for frequent changing.

The waiting game: Monitoring for infection

You’ve stopped the bleeding. You’ve cleaned and covered the wound. Now comes the hard part: waiting to see if it all works.

Signs of infection:

• Redness, swelling, heat around the wound.

• Pus (yellow, green, or foul-smelling drainage).

• Red streaks moving away from the wound (lymphangitis—a sign the infection is spreading).

• Fever or swollen lymph nodes.

Serious Portable Medicine

A few-well chosen homeopathic medicines may be a wise addition to your first-aid kit. They take almost no space and can, if necessary, be administered to an unconscious injured person. It is easy to carry these powerful homeopathic combination remedies:

• Infection, Special 27: (all fevers and infection anywhere in the body): https://narayaniremedies.com/pillules/615-390-infection.html#/2-size_gm-14gm With my proneness to pneumonia due to my weak lungs, this is my personal go, plus I am resistant and allergic to all antibiotics since my days in nursing school.

• Paramedic Rescue: (for shock, stroke, severe emotional state). Give 2 pillules every 5 minutes until improvement. https://narayaniremedies.com/pillules/779-152-paramedic-rescue.html#/2-size_gm-14gm

• Pain, Special 33: (the widest possible pain blend available). Use frequently: https://narayaniremedies.com/pillules/624-408-pain-spec.html#/2-size_gm-14gm

• Injury, Special 28: (after any wound, all injuries, after surgery, animal bites, tetanus). https://narayaniremedies.com/pillules/616-392-injury.html#/2-size_gm-14gm

• And for obvious reasons, Rescue Plus, Mix 95: (for any emotional reaction to any situation. Give frequently. Can be given with any remedy). https://narayaniremedies.com/pillules/786-166-rescue-plus.html#/2-size_gm-14gm

There are dosing directions on the vials.

The rise and fall of homeopathic medicine in the U.S. began with John D. Rockefeller. “Competition is a sin,” Rockefeller once said, and he has certainly done his part to stamp that ‘sin’ out. Read the history here: The Hidden Connection of Rockefeller, Homeopathy & Chiropractic

You don’t have to be a doctor to help or save a life. You just have to be prepared, practiced, and willing to act when others freeze.

Be prepared:

• Take a first aid class. (The Red Cross and local community colleges offer them.)

• Build a trauma kit. (Include sterile gloves, gauze, a Slishman Pressure Wrap, hemostatic agents, bandages, scissors, etc.) My friend Laurie Neverman shares hers here.

• Practice on fake wounds. (Use a stuffed animal, fruit, or a first-aid dummy.)

• Learn the signs of shock, infection, and internal bleeding. (Knowledge is your best tool.)

Because when the moment comes, we always default to our level of training. So prepare. Hopefully, when the blood starts flowing and the panic sets in, you may be the one who steps forward and says, “I’ve got this.”

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