Im not a flight surgeon, but I had to do quick and dirty first aid in the C.G. enough times to understand the rational. In the field, Time is the enemy with injuries. I flushed a recruits eyes with sea water to remove brasso, and a can of coke to flush a puncture wound on a pleasure boat. the goal is to STOP further tissue damage,be it poison, caustic or mechanical agent. A proper facility can handle the minor complications of our expediant measures along with the initial trauma.But only if the patient is aliveand the limb, eye etc. still viable . <br><br>