I swear I read somewhere that tampons are actually bad for first aid. They just soak the blood up and try to plug the exit. I think actual gauze or bandages are designed to promote coagulation and protect the wound.
Apply the period pad or tampon externally on a wound and apply pressure. The pressure controls the bleeding, the pad or tampon is a clean surface to not promote infection. It would be a temporary solution of course but that’s what first aid is. Probably not a great idea to insert anything like that in a puncture or bullet wound because I assume you want the flesh to come back together and don’t want to cause more damage pulling it out. Even removing a tampon when your period was too light to soak it can be painful and cause microtearing.
And especially boys who need them.
The harm in “boys have access to these” is basically zero; they might occasionally use a pad to bandage a skinned knee or something.
Some boys have periods too
I’m assuming the parent post was referring to trans boys. Still a very small harm by the numbers, but a bit more important by personal impact.
I swear I read somewhere that tampons are actually bad for first aid. They just soak the blood up and try to plug the exit. I think actual gauze or bandages are designed to promote coagulation and protect the wound.
Apply the period pad or tampon externally on a wound and apply pressure. The pressure controls the bleeding, the pad or tampon is a clean surface to not promote infection. It would be a temporary solution of course but that’s what first aid is. Probably not a great idea to insert anything like that in a puncture or bullet wound because I assume you want the flesh to come back together and don’t want to cause more damage pulling it out. Even removing a tampon when your period was too light to soak it can be painful and cause microtearing.
probably pretty useful for first aid in the next school shooting