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[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 30 points 10 months ago (4 children)

So in a crisis or a war, the guide to stop bleeding is 'apply pressure and call emergency services and wait'? If it's a fucking crisis or war you might not be able to have that luxury buddy. Honestly doesn't feel super helpful from what I'm seeing.

[–] einkorn@feddit.org 29 points 10 months ago (1 children)

How to apply a simple pressure dressing is part of the basic medical training course, which is mandatory to get a driving licence in Germany.

Anything that such a dressing can't stop does require professional help and will kill you, crisis or not.

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

This isn’t a dressing, it’s literally saying to push down on the wound and hold yourself there until paramedics arrive.

[–] dustyData@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

That's the correct thing to do. If you neglect to do that and try to rush the person on to a car or something without proper pre-hospital care training, the person will just bleed out in the car. Whatever a pressure dressing won't help, won't be stopped without an operating room by a surgeon.

A person with a bleed will survive for much longer staying put with proper pressure over the wound than a person being moved about. Oftentimes, people in panic also forget to call for help. Most first aid preparation is about drilling people to stop panicking and actually call for those who can and know how to help. Crisis, War or not, you are, most likely, not a surgeon or a paramedic, and you don't have a surgery room in your house. There's nothing that a pamphlet can correct in that case.

[–] card797@champserver.net 13 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Look, while you're home reading the book you're not looting.

[–] magikmw@lemm.ee 7 points 10 months ago

The sad truth is, if the emergency services can't get to you in a crisis, you are likely dead anyway. Life is not a movie, and no pamphlet will teach you EMT level medical knowledge, forget tools and training.

[–] viking@infosec.pub 5 points 10 months ago

Beats 'patiently sit in a corner and wait to bleed dry'.

[–] JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world 22 points 10 months ago

Out of curiosity, where did you get that it has only been issued 5 times? Wikipedia shows 8 editions (including 2024) but doesn't explicitly state if each edition was published more than once

[–] yournamehere@lemm.ee 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

it advised to have cash. do swedes still have that? i heard most danes havent touched a note in 5 years.

[–] rasmus@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] yournamehere@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

so will the guide be updated? or will you use alternatives? batertokens?

[–] capital@lemmy.world -1 points 10 months ago (2 children)
[–] yournamehere@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

dude...in case of a crisis ...like atms not working.

[–] capital@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Through the magic of getting it now, before a crisis, you too can be prepared.

Do Swedish dollars expire or something?

[–] pmk@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I literally don't know what our money look like. I have a vague memory that the 20 krona bill was blue, but beyond that I don't know.

[–] capital@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

My final question in that comment is very sarcastic. I know absolutely nothing about Swedish money but I can guarantee you that it does not expire.

Assuming you're serious, and you have no idea what your own currency looks like, could you not just go to a bank and make a withdrawal in cash and keep it somewhere safe? You don't really need to know what it looks like as long as you get it from a trusted source.

[–] pmk@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

From an ATM maybe, the actual bank offices don't have cash. But the question is, what would I do with the cash, only a few stores like big chain grocery stores accept cash nowadays in Sweden. Small stores and cafés etc almost never accept cash as payment. Even beggars outside on the street often have a QR-code for their mobile app transfer because so few people carry actual money.

[–] capital@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Put it somewhere safe. It doesn’t expire. You don’t have to use it until/unless there’s an emergency.

[–] yournamehere@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

but think of the inflation. if he gets money now...who knows how much it is worth in 10 yrs..he'll need to update his offline portfolio all the time.

anyway, seems nobody knows how the swedish government wants ppl to follow their guides. and that stupidity reminds me of how sweden acted during covid.

[–] magikmw@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago

They just revert to raiding saxons for cash.