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Can the species of bacteria infecting an open wound be identified through visual or olfactory inspection?
Generally no, not enough to be able to treat exactly for that cause. Otherwise it would be a routine part of the medical diagnostics for infection in a hospital. After all, why send away for a test if ...
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How accurate is the death of Caine in Menace II Society?
With 5 or 6 through-and-through gunshot wounds to the chest, the death I would expect to see would be utter silence. Almost instant unconsciousness and cardiac arrest would be the most likely outcome ...
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With blast injuries, how much of the damage is from rapid decompression?
Here's a quote from the 60s NASA study on testing rapid decompression of dogs for over a minute: https://www.reliasmedia.com/articles/4602-evaluation-and-management-of-patients-with-blast-injuries-in-...
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Rubbing alcohol or hydrogen peroxide for small wounds?
I think alcohol is better than peroxide for the reasons stated above.
Nevertheless, from an evidence stand-point, there is no really strong evidence for basically any solution over the other or even ...
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Are there instances where surface pus should not be removed?
I agree with the comment from @CareyGregory.
Maybe, but wound treatment often includes debridement to remove the dead/dying/damaged tissue anyway. This also physically lowers the number of bacteria ...
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What happened to this guy? (Graphic)
NOT a spider bite even if it was just one deep cut. Spider bites are rare and more than 99% of spider bite cases are usually some person's overactive imagination. Doctors get rather tired hearing ...
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Procoagulant salve/cream/gel?
Depending on your definition of "wound" you could consider a styptic pencil. It's generally used for nicks and small cuts, such as you get while shaving. Most drugstores sell them or you can order ...
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How do blood thinners stop the creation of platelets?
As far as I know, the only blood thinner that is known for its potential to reduce platelet count is Heparine. See e.g. Wikipedia, HIT - heparin induced thrombocytopenia, www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
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