This is terrible advice. If someone make me shoot them, I am not going to then go and attempt to save their life. I am not going near them. 911 is the extent of the help they get. I carry Celox, tampons, plastic and gauze in my pack along with Neosporin and bandaids.
I've had multiple physicians tell me that neosporin is snake oil. Could be better to replace that with a vile of iodine. Just my 2 cents.
Could be. I have never checked on or questioned Neosporin. I believed the commercial from the 70s where it claimed to heal faster than using nothing. Iodine is legit, but carrying a bottle in an abused backpack and having it break is a huge staining event. Just using the alcohol wipes are probably a simpler alternative.
Main reason I was given was that wounds need to breath to heal and keep them covering them with a petroleum based product completely negates that. The antimicrobial aspect I guess doesn't out way that. If you're working in a wet/dirty environment I could see it being beneficial for short term coverage.
I came across some "colorless iodine" that comes in a plastic bottle at a pharmacy. It's a mixture of alcohol, ammonium hydroxide, iodine, potassium iodine and purified water. Kind of an interesting solution.
I pulled out my bottle to double check it. It's actually called "decolorized iodine". This isn't the exact brand but it did come in a plastic white bottle.
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