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Old 03-02-2004, 18:52   #19
Eagle5US
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Cavitation and destruction with significant bleeders may dictate packing material into large ballistic wounds as long as there is something significant fr there to be pressure against.
That is to say, just stuffing dressings into a wound won't do much, but stuffing it between intact skin or muscle belly and bone does great things to help control massive bleeding.

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