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Training wounds, cuts, bruises

When soldiers train and perform tasks, the environmental conditions are complicated, and skin bruises and cuts are very common. Scratches, cuts, what should I do? 1. Situations that can be handled on their own If the wound is very shallow and bleeding is not much, it can be handled by itself. (1) Stop bleeding and clean the wound After washing your hands, press the wound tightly with sterilized gauze for 5 ~ 15 minutes. Then rinse the surrounding area of the wound with clear water or normal saline. (2) Dressing and applying medicine After cleaning the wound, use iodophor for disinfection. If the wound is small, apply Band-Aids. If the wound is large, cover it with clean gauze and bind Read More …

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Training injury and ligament injury

Sometimes, military training subjects are too difficult, insufficient preparation before training or insufficient training protection, which is prone to ligament injury. Different arms have different parts of ligament injury. For example, infantry ligament injury often occurs in knee and ankle joints, while engineers often occur in knee joint. The degree of ligament injury varies and the performance varies. What are the manifestations of ligament injury? Common symptoms of ligament injury include local pain, swelling and dyskinesia. The pain will worsen when pulling the injured ligament. If the ligament is completely broken, joint instability will occur, and in serious cases joint dislocation will occur, which is what we call “dislocation” in our daily life. Ligament damage is serious, ligament tear will Read More …

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Training Injury and Fracture

Soldiers may suffer from traumatic fractures due to falls and injuries when training and performing tasks. It is also possible that excessive training intensity, long-term, repeated and slight external stimulation will lead to fatigue fracture. Fatigue fracture often occurs during long-distance marching, with fibula of lower leg and metatarsal bone of sole being more common. Is there a local manifestation of what in the fracture? The common manifestations of fracture are local pain, swelling and dysfunction. Fracture also has some unique manifestations, such as: Deformity: Displacement of fracture end can change the shape of fracture limb, mainly manifested as shortening, angulation or rotation; Abnormal activity: abnormal activity occurs after fracture in parts where limbs cannot move under normal circumstances; Bone Read More …

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Training injury and blast deafness

Long-term exposure to ultra-high decibel sounds such as shooting and explosion without proper protection may cause hearing damage, which is called “knock deafness”. Artillery often suffers from “knock deafness”. Manifestations of blast deafness The damage of noise to ears generally develops from temporary hearing loss to permanent hearing loss. At first, you may only feel the buzzing of your ears, that is, tinnitus, and then slowly progress to hearing loss. People who have been exposed to strong noise for a long time may also feel headache and dizziness, which will affect sleep and cause problems such as increased blood pressure, decreased immune function, gastrointestinal discomfort, etc. With the extension of the exposure time to noise, or the hearing loss caused Read More …