Tats with lifesaving info

I wanted to get "do not rescucitate" on my wrist but I guess that doesn't count as 'lifesaving info'. I don't think they'd pay any attention anyway.
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Saw pic of a tattoo that a Medic had done on his forearm. Basically he had the 9-line evav instructions done. Thought that was pretty cool.
 
Heard of a couple blokes rotating through Butterworth, got plastered, and they went to the local tatoo parlour. One of them had A+ve, and his regimental number tatted on his arm, and his mate asked for one just like it. Unfortunately, when he woke up sober, he found that he had his mate's reggy number, and that he wasn't A +ve, so that's another reason we don't transfuse based on tats...
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Raisedby, I've seen helmet packs that hold piles of info, found out about it after a guy took his bike down on the track, but it seems like a good idea. especially considering the helmet is the first place a medic will look, and the one piece of gear that will actually stay with you. the suit is coming off, but the helmet stays!
 
Gadgetaholic said:
Here's an idea for at tat:
http://www.netknots.com/html/bowline.html
Just the 3 pics.
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You had me thinking about that one for a few moments. There's an easy way to remember how to tie it. After being a civvy for over a decade it took me a minute to remember. The standing end= tree, loop= rabbit hole, working end= rabbit.

You start off with your tree and you twist up a loop making the rabbit hole at the base of the tree. The rabbit come up out of his hole to the right around the back of the tree and back down into his hole.

I'll probably forget it 10 minutes after I post this, but if you can remember the "story" you have yourself a bowline.
 
lol they are called MEAT TAGS. i had a lot of soldiers who got them and none who needed them. i was infantry for 6 years 2 in iraq and 1 in afghanistan. all of my soldiers and friends who lost body parts most were very destroyed and couldn't be found or were literally obliterated. i had one soldier who had one that would have worked but problem was he was medi evact'ed by the time the TIC was over and we found his arm. it was unfortunate but he lived and thats what counts
 
i remember when i was going thru the postal service training program the instructors taught us how to read bar codes as a joke. Wasn't required learning for the position i was in but they thought it was fun anyways:confused: No i can't remember how to do it but supervisors are supposed to know at the post office and i have seen them do it on a damaged label before.

I've told people this story before and they argued with me that those lines don't translate to numbers but they do.
 
TheZenful1 said:
You had me thinking about that one for a few moments. There's an easy way to remember how to tie it. After being a civvy for over a decade it took me a minute to remember. The standing end= tree, loop= rabbit hole, working end= rabbit.

You start off with your tree and you twist up a loop making the rabbit hole at the base of the tree. The rabbit come up out of his hole to the right around the back of the tree and back down into his hole.

I'll probably forget it 10 minutes after I post this, but if you can remember the "story" you have yourself a bowline.
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Or even easier - have the diagrams tattooed on your arm. Go with a couple of useful knots on one arm and a couple of others on the other arm and you are well covered for most situations.
 
I recently saw a report or something where a woman had a shortened version of her Advanced Directive tattooed on her abdomen.
 
Charlie Mike said:
Does anyone put their blood type on their gear?
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Yep, retired Army in '95. Tagged my LBE, ruck and had blood type marked on my jungle boots in Sharpie Marker................now I mark my civilian gear and still lace a dog tag in a boot when in the woods.

Regards,
Ranger325
RP#544

PS I like your CIB!! :thumbup:
 
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Kiah said:
I can't imagine in a life or death situation where you need blood, the docs are even gonna notice that tat.
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That's not what that's for. I mean, that's not for the civilian world. It's for combat triage and matching body parts to their owner.

When it was useful, I did have my last name on both arms. Those tattoos have since been covered up. I used a Sharpie to write the info on each limb and torso.

Now, when I go out in the woods, I don the ol' dog tags and carry an ID card on my person and in my pack.
 
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That's kinda a new take on the "meat tags" that many of us have from the Marine Corps. That's pretty cool, I've never seem someone do that one yet. Glad you made it home in one piece bro!

Semper Fi!
 
I thought this thread would be about survival tips written on your arm, like "don't panic" and stuff you may not remember in a survival situation. What else could you write? leaves from edible plants drawn om your arm, with descriptions?
 
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