#62398 - 03/20/06 08:44 PM
What Are Safety Pins In FAKs Used For?
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journeyman
Registered: 02/21/06
Posts: 52
Loc: NW Indiana
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I know of some the uses for safety pins. I've noticed that they are included in FAKs, even very small ones. So, they must be important for FA. But my question is what are they actually used for in this capacity? Can someone fill me in? Thanks in advance.
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#62400 - 03/20/06 10:05 PM
Re: What Are Safety Pins In FAKs Used For?
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Old Hand
Registered: 12/14/05
Posts: 988
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...fixing clothes, an improvised fishhook...
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#62401 - 03/21/06 12:05 AM
Re: What Are Safety Pins In FAKs Used For?
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Old Hand
Registered: 03/19/05
Posts: 1182
Loc: Channeled Scablands
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Keeping an airway open in the backcountry by pinning the tougue to the lower lip.
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#62402 - 03/21/06 12:12 AM
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Old Hand
Registered: 04/05/05
Posts: 715
Loc: Phoenix, AZ
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I've been using mine to pin my tent door closed when the zipper failed.
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#62404 - 03/21/06 06:36 AM
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Veteran
Registered: 12/18/02
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Loc: France
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... hanging a red Photon III, on the back of my vest's shoulder, when my bike's rear light failed...
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#62405 - 03/21/06 03:16 PM
Re: What Are Safety Pins In FAKs Used For?
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Old Hand
Registered: 03/18/06
Posts: 1032
Loc: The Netherlands
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Their primairy use is to secure a triangular bandage, but they can also be used for all sorts of things. For example removing splinters or ticks <img src="/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />
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#62406 - 03/21/06 08:40 PM
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Veteran
Registered: 12/12/04
Posts: 1204
Loc: Nottingham, UK
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Working with cloth generally - especially bandages, slings etc, but also repairs for tears or missing buttons. If you have a pair of pliers you can straighten them out and use them as probes or skewers, or bend them into other shapes to act as supports, hinges, fixings etc. They are a versatile tool for improvising with.
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#62407 - 03/22/06 02:04 AM
Re: What Are Safety Pins In FAKs Used For?
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Geezer
Registered: 01/21/04
Posts: 5163
Loc: W. WA
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"Keeping an airway open in the backcountry by pinning the tougue to the lower lip."
Ooooowwww! With the blood supply in the tongue and lips, I would think that would be contraindicated. (Keep the airway open so the blood can run into it???) <img src="/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />
Why not just keep a clothespin handy? <img src="/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />
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#62408 - 03/22/06 02:08 AM
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Geezer
Registered: 01/21/04
Posts: 5163
Loc: W. WA
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The large stainless steel horseblanket pins are also useful. Three inches long, about $1 apiece.
Although I shudder to imagine what use Clearwater would put THOSE to! <img src="/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" />
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#62409 - 03/22/06 01:44 PM
Re: What Are Safety Pins In FAKs Used For?
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Addict
Registered: 03/15/01
Posts: 518
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Susan, I agree with your comment on the Yuck factor of safety pinning a tongue, but I've read it in some Wilderness medicine books in the past. My bet is a clothespin wouldn't hold. Perhaps some other type of clamp. One of my trauma surgeon friends said that if it's so much of a problem in the field, just SUTURE it to the lower lip. But I don't carry sutures.....
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#62411 - 03/22/06 04:07 PM
Re: What Are Safety Pins In FAKs Used For?
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Member
Registered: 03/19/05
Posts: 149
Loc: Philadelphia,Pennsyvania, USA.
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To close the fly of your pants if the zipper breaks. I have done that!!!
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