Applying Pressure To Your Wound

[leefriendfield 438]

I was browsing reddit an came across this lovely gentlemans idea of applying pressure to wounds, whatdo you think?

 

"Once you're bleeding, there will be an option to apply pressure to your wounds. This will put away anything you're holding, and both your hands will be pressing against your body. During this period of time, you can jog but can't sprint.

If action is cancelled before bleeding stops, there will be an increase in blood lost for a short period of time because of build-up (not sure if it's accurate, please correct).

Bleeding will stop after a few minutes.

If the item you're holding before you start applying pressure is anything less than Pristine, there will be a chance of an infection, varying accordingly to item quality.

What's your opinion of this?" u_TouchmyTralala

 

Link to original post: http://www.reddit.com/r/dayz/comments/1z9du0/suggestion_applying_pressure_to_wounds/

 

What do you think of this idea, I think it would be a fantastic idea and I would love to see it make it into the game.

[Irish. 4886]

Yep.. I could go without that. 

 

If I want a genuine simulator Ill go camping with no food or gear IRL, but thats just my thoughts 

[Nicko2580 398]

Sounds like a good idea - but I think it should only work if you have no bandages or anything, as a last resort. And it should take a fairly long time to stop the bleeding, since you're just using your hands. Especially if you're jogging.

The point of bandaging - rather than soaking up the blood - is to apply pressure, stop bleeding and keep the wound away from things that could possibly infect it. If you bandage correctly, you don't need to continue to apply pressure as the bandage does it for you.

I'd like to see tourniquets added when/if serious wounds make it into the game.

[Irish. 4886]

Sounds like a good idea - but I think it should only work if you have no bandages or anything, as a last resort. And it should take a fairly long time to stop the bleeding, since you're just using your hands. Especially if you're jogging.

The point of bandaging - rather than soaking up the blood - is to apply pressure, stop bleeding and keep the wound away from things that could possibly infect it. If you bandage correctly, you don't need to continue to apply pressure as the bandage does it for you.

I'd like to see tourniquets added when/if serious wounds make it into the game.

 

^ that I could go for..

 

Makes sense and is not some silly (imo) add-in that just tries to make the game more real while forgetting its a game to begin with. 

[Dusty_ 48]

They really need to add sutures and be able to stich your wounds aswell.

[mosibfu 71]

i kind of like it, however stopping bleeding might be a big thing..

 

i could see myself however, sitting there for a few minutes with reduced bleeding, allowing my friend come down the hill and bandage me.

 

In case of the infection thing.. how about badly damaged gloves, they could cause infection too i suppose

[Nicko2580 398]

i kind of like it, however stopping bleeding might be a big thing..

 

i could see myself however, sitting there for a few minutes with reduced bleeding, allowing my friend come down the hill and bandage me.

 

In case of the infection thing.. how about badly damaged gloves, they could cause infection too i suppose

I think any time your using your hands to stop the blood flow there should be a chance of infection.

Clean bandages (or rags from a Pristine shirt) or spraying disinfectant on the wound should be the only way to have zero chance of infection.

[Whyherro123 2283]

I was browsing reddit an came across this lovely gentlemans idea of applying pressure to wounds, whatdo you think?

 

"Once you're bleeding, there will be an option to apply pressure to your wounds. This will put away anything you're holding, and both your hands will be pressing against your body. During this period of time, you can jog but can't sprint.

Have....have you tried to do this before in real life? While the addition of more "realistic" 1st aid is definitely a plus, the idea that you could walk, let alone FUCKING JOG, while doing this, is so far in the realm of "unrealistic" that it is laughable. To make a long story short, it is stupidly impossible.

[Whyherro123 2283]

They really need to add sutures and be able to stich your wounds aswell.

You have to be trained in order to properly use sutures, especially if you have muscle damage below the cut skin. It isn't as simple as "sew up the cut in the skin"

All of this I learned in the Boy Scouts.

[Nicko2580 398]

Have....have you tried to do this before in real life? While the addition of more "realistic" 1st aid is definitely a plus, the idea that you could walk, let alone FUCKING JOG, while doing this, is so far in the realm of "unrealistic" that it is laughable. To make a long story short, it is stupidly impossible.

Except that it's not. Maybe with a catastrophic injury, like your entrails literally hanging out of your body or getting shot in the chest or head, but for most things like a cut or bad scratch or a broken bone, it won't be a problem. Eventually I'm hoping you'll need complex medical treatment for catastrophic injuries in DayZ, so this could just apply to basic injuries like a cut to the arm, cleanly broken arm/leg etc. A compound fracture I would class as a catastrophic injury.

But hell, to give you a real world example: I was once in a car accident. Got t-boned by a truck (I wasn't driving).  After the accident, my adrenaline was so high (and I was most assuredly also in shock) that both the paramedics that took me to hospital and the doctors at the hospital thought I was fine. I was walking, talking, moving around without an issue and in no pain at all. They stitched a couple of decent cuts in my hand and send me home. I walked from the hospital to school, got the house keys from my mum, and walked home. Next day I was in agony and couldn't even get out of bed - 4 broken ribs, a cracked hip and a badly sprained knee. 

 

[Whyherro123 2283]

But hell, to give you a real world example: I was once in a car accident. Got t-boned by a truck (I wasn't driving).  After the accident, my adrenaline was so high (and I was most assuredly also in shock) that both the paramedics that took me to hospital and the doctors at the hospital thought I was fine. I was walking, talking, moving around without an issue and in no pain at all. They stitched a couple of decent cuts in my hand and send me home. I walked from the hospital to school, got the house keys from my mum, and walked home. Next day I was in agony and couldn't even get out of bed - 4 broken ribs, a cracked hip and a badly sprained knee. 

 

Well, then they fucked up. I am not even a medical professional, and even I know to discount the effects of shock and adrenaline of a 1st aid subject.

 

As for the "jogging and walking about while applying pressure" bit, try it out for yourself. Take both of your hands, press down on your outer thigh, hard enough to theoretically slow down/cut off blood flow, then jog about. When the motions of your body prevent you from applying enough pressure, slow that jog down to a walk. When the motions of your body again prevent you from applying direct pressure, stop, sit down, and do the maneuver the way it was meant to be done. I wasn't saying adrenaline would prevent you from feeling any pain, I was saying the physical movement of your body would prevent the action from doing it's job, ESPECIALLY when moving around, because the movement of the affected limb would cause more blood to flow through the injured site.

[airfell 179]

I like the idea to a certain extent. Perhaps if "applying pressure to wounds" would only be useful for those one shot kill's that would normally kill you.

 

Say you're with a friend and get hit by a sniper in a critical place, said friend could apply pressure for a X% chance to save you.

 

 

I really only like this idea because it adds that "Saving Private Ryan" at-the-radar-station-trying-to-save-your-buddy feel.