Originally Posted By: hikermor


Quote from Wilkerson's Medicine for Mountaineering, 3d ed., p.49

"insert a large safety pin through the meaty part of the tongue and hold the tongue forward by taping the pin to the chin or anchoring it in a similar manner. Although this technique sounds and appears brutal, it is simple, highly effective, and produces no permanent damage."

Emergency medicine is often not rated PG....


And just to think, people actually pay to get their tongues pierced, when they can be having a 1st Aid attendant do it for free.
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