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| IDF medic Anastasia Begdlov was a passenger on a civilian bus on the Israel-Egypt border last August when terrorists opened fire on it. Begdlov treated injured passengers immediately, improvising with whatever supplies she could reach. She used her bra as a tourniquet on a severely wounded man's knee, saving his life. Today, the IDF rewarded her with a military decoration. Begdlov is currently a cadet in officers' course. |
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Just wow. I've heard of improvised gear but this has to be a first.
definitely interesting and great to see someone use the resources at hand to save lives! wish more people had those kind of intellectual abilities and courage to go with it, hat tip to her!
ReplyDeleteyeah but wouldn't a belt have done the job too?
ReplyDeleteheck. i don't know cause i wasn't there but something seems off on this story.
i dont think a belt may have been as good as a bra, a bra has more elasticity to it, so its able to mold to the wound where a belt being a set length and not able to mold, not knowing the type of wound. Also a bra can easily be tied in the back, while a belt would have to use the buckle but also may not fit properly and wouldn't get the very tight fit necessary, again i dont know, you could be right and we definatley have too little information but turnicates are usually very elastic so it can mold and squeeze the wound.
ReplyDeletealso we dont know if she had access to a belt, and she knew she had access to her bra, as a medic she wanted to use what she knew she had, not yelling around for something that might or might not be there, we dont know if anyone had belts big enough or could use them quick enough.
ReplyDeletedang dude.
ReplyDeletei said i didn't know cause i wasn't there.
and neither were you.
understood, but from her picture wouldnt mind meeting her :D
ReplyDeleteGreat job treating the passenger with whatever she had at hand. The thing that I liked was allowing sandals with the uniform. The IDF is often just about doing what is practical.
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