Honey is great for burns and for throat/bacterial infections
Another great link
http://www.gomestic.com/Homemaking/1...-for-Tea.54172
Tea is included in MREs and seems to be very usefull
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Honey is great for burns and for throat/bacterial infections
Another great link
http://www.gomestic.com/Homemaking/1...-for-Tea.54172
Tea is included in MREs and seems to be very usefull
Adventure Doc - We have a couple of threads on permanganate. Mostly glycerin and permanganate to start fires. Just in case, it's also referred to as Condy's Crystals.
http://www.wilderness-survival.net/f...t=permanganate
http://www.wilderness-survival.net/f...t=permanganate
As for a source, depending on how much you want, try:
http://www.2spi.com/catalog/chem/chem2a5.shtml
http://www.colonialscientific.com/OS...34_59441_69230
On History Channel's "Mail Call", R. Lee Ermey pointed out that, in Viet Nam, soldiers would place a drop of tobassco sauce in the corners of their eyes to keep from falling asleep during guard duty! I suppose, if you had to keep from falling asleep for some reason you could do the same.:cool:
Okay, here's what I got for MREs:
Plastic bags for carrying water.
Cardboard for fires.
Capture hydrogen gasses for homade bomb. (emergency fishing?)
Sugar & creamer used for fire.
Permanganate could be added to the sugar.
Damp-resistant matches.
Spoon sharpened for expediant weapon.
tobassco sauce=pepper spray.
toilet paper/towling used as emergency tinder.
wet-wipe used to clean wounds.
The next item is "sewing needle".:cool:
sewing (duh)
surgical tool (splinters, subungual hematoma)
compass needle (if magnetized)
awl (poke holes in cardboard or foil for expedient glasses)
I'm sure all the screaming from the pain would be enough to keep you awake.
The knowledge that the veit army is out there would be enough to keep me awake out of sheer fear of wakeing up in some tunnel
Flash back...
Aluminum Foil: replace low amp fuse.
Surgical Tubing: tracheotomy, artificial insemination, enema...
Use a .22 to replace the fuse and you won't have to worry about artificial insemination or an enema.
Then the tracheotomy might come in handy...Quote:
Originally Posted by Rick
What's next?
I just got my new bracelets from http://www.safezonellc.com/bracelets.html and we are sitting here trying to think of our own uses for 550 cord.
Nobody can use "noose to hang yourself for being lost" because there is a compass on the bracelet. Anyway, maybe a noose to hang the navigator?
Shelter system with a poncho
binding knife to spear/weapons craft
rigging snares and dead falls
tourniquet
tie down for clothing
Stitching for clothing
Come on...I am not too good at this and I've got a few. You guys should be able to fill a hard drive with uses!
Yes we have Doc, starting on page 2 of THIS thread, post # 38. Then check this thread out here:Quote:
Originally Posted by AdventureDoc
http://www.wilderness-survival.net/f...hread.php?t=45
We gotta get this stuff organized!:rolleyes:
My bad! Sorry everyone...I thought I knew a little too much about using paracord, almost like I'd read something recently about it. I thought I was good. Nope, just a parrot from a few days ago. Sorry gang! How about uses for a p-38 can opener? Oh, wait....:)
For all of those just joining in on this thread, a recap of what we have covered so far:
- trash bags
- duct tape
- bandannas
- 35 mm film containers
- walking staff
- zip-lock bags
- 550 cord
- P38 can opener
- snare wire
- aluminum foil
- surgical tubing
- MRE's
- dental floss
Dental floss is the last item for uses we were coming up with. If you go to the first page of this thread... postings 1-5 is the basic list that we are covering. Sarge is calling out the items as we go to cause less confusion, also that the information can be collected in an easy orderly fashion. If you have a use for an item that we already covered and not posted it... please post it. Hopefully later Sarge will be able to post a complete list on a sticky at the top of the forum.:)
What's next Sarge?
A couple of suggestions: safety pins, candles, mirror, poncho.
I'm sitting here reading Great Quotes from Great People and ran across one from Teddy Roosevelt that fits this forum to a T.
"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."
Water filters. Especially when used with charcoal.
The next one on the list is safety pins!:rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Rick
OK, I will try a few, but I am sure there are more to add:
Repair of clothing
Making a sling out a t-shirt. Take the bottom of the t-shirt, when worn and bring it up over the injured upper limb (crossed in front of the chest), and safety pin it to the chest of the t-shirt. Instant arm sling!
Fish hook--I tried this and didn't get anything! But, I can use my fish finder, quantum reel, lucky pole and dynamite and still get skunked! I have heard of a friend of a friend who has gotten fish this way.
Pinning the tongue to the cheeks to keep an airway open. This is a "last chance" fix for maintaining an airway with an unconscious patient. When a person is unconscious, the tongue naturally wants to fall towards gravity...back of the throat and occlude the ariway. Literally pierce the tongue, on both sides, with the safety pins and pierce the cheeks through. Close the pins and the tongue is mechanically kept from occluding the ariway. Not the best, but better than nothing.
Foreign body removal from the skin, like tweezers
improvised compass on a leaf/pool of water/magnetized with silk cloth
sutures to hold large laceration closed
Can be heated with flame to puncture a fingernail and evacuate a "sububngal hematoma". Ever hit your finger with a hammer and had the blood accumulate under the nail, forming a reddish/blue/black, with a lot of pain? Take a needle, heat it with flame and you can burrow through the nail to release the accumulated blood and source of pain. You are the patient's best friend, that day!
Blister popper
OK, I am done for now...I am anxious to hear some more!
Dr. Ron Hood showed how to tie 3 of them together, back-to-back-to-back to make some sort of treble hook for catching fish, frogs, or birds!:cool:
Ow! Oh, jees. Ouch! Ow! Oh, man. That hurts just reading it!Quote:
Originally Posted by Adventuredoc
Equipment repair
mend a shoe lace
Repair eyeglass hinge (depending on diameter)
awl (same as needle) for expedient snow glasses
Can you use them to pin someone's mouth shut?:rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Rick
Mmmm. mmmmmm. mmmmm!;)
Argh! He got me with that one!:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Rick
Even I laughed at this one!Quote:
Originally Posted by Rick
Easy for you to say. I'm still sitting here feeling my tongue and cheek.
Ok Rick,you even got a snicker out of me for that one!:cool:
"Pin" it on me why don't you?:rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Rick
AHHH CRAP!!!!! That is too much detail.Quote:
Originally Posted by AdventureDoc
Ow, jees. Ouch. Oh, crap! Just when I had forgotten about it you dredged it back up. Now I'm feelin' my tongue again! Phanks!
OK, I am a "younger guy" 32 y/o and I actually have a tongue piercing. Isn't that ironic? Yes...it hurt really bad. Yes...my mom knows about it and is pissed, still 15 years after I got it. No...I don't regret it :)
I hope the poor guy doesnt wake up any time soonQuote:
Pinning the tongue to the cheeks to keep an airway open. This is a "last chance" fix for maintaining an airway with an unconscious patient. When a person is unconscious, the tongue naturally wants to fall towards gravity...back of the throat and occlude the ariway. Literally pierce the tongue, on both sides, with the safety pins and pierce the cheeks through. Close the pins and the tongue is mechanically kept from occluding the ariway. Not the best, but better than nothing.
Knowing my luck I would wake up the moment the pin went through the tongue and cheek... and I wouldn't be able to scream.
OK.... let's see the Man vs Wild dude do this in his show!:D
You didn't explain the why. It's doesn't matter. I wouldn't understand anyway. It's a bit like tatoos (just alienated more members). You go and spend good money for someone to inflict pain. You give me 5 bucks and a baseball bat. I'll do it a lot cheaper and we'll both have fun!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Adventuredoc
mbarnatl - "I have to rely on my SAS training before sliding down this 300 foot shale cliff. Now, there's every possibility that I could be knocked unconscious so to prevent choking on my tongue, I'm going to pin it to my cheek."
Now, that show I'd watch!
Baseball bat ??? PiftQuote:
Originally Posted by Rick
bend there thumb into wards itseld to inflict pain
Then twist there ligaments
I do it all for £1 :D
We've highjacked another thread. Ahem. Safety pins.
Field expedient diaper (for babies you chowder heads)
to close your pant legs to keep out snow. (assuming you don't have velcro).
hook a dog tag back to the dog's collar.
rheostat on crystal radio
Its a full time job hijacking thredsQuote:
Originally Posted by Rick
To re-join split ends of rope (Paracord not the think stuff)