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That's right...it's all about compression, I've been taught to wrap the whole limb from extremities towards heart, but in reality, say you are bitten on the ankle, start wrapping just below, and go as high as the bandage will allow, over and past the bite site, probably only get as far as the...

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The thing with compression for snakebite is not to tourniquet it but tight/firm pressure over a large area

For snake bite here in Oz...stay calm...wrap a pressure bandage from below the bite and up over towards the heart. The venom travels in your lymphatic system not the bloodstream. Movement is what stimulates the lymph system so stay as calm and move as little as possible. The pressure bandage...

I have one of those yellow PVC first aid pouches from wesspur on my harness. It's been there for three years (had homemade stuff before) and it's holding up just fine, nothing else ever lasted. The most commonly used item are fabric Band-Aids for silky pings or bad scratches, I carry a range of...