If you are going to a protest where shit may get real, here’s (part) of my med kit I carry to these:
1. Nitrile gloves
2. NAR CAT tourniquets
3. Roller gauze and/or wound packing
4. Chest seals
5. Blister treatments (molefoam, cloth tape)
6. Clean water in a bike squeeze bottle (for eye irrigation)
7. Trauma shears
8. Surgical masks
9. Safety glasses
10. Snacks
11. Tampons and pads
12. P-100 respirator with vapor cartridges
13. Shop towels
I also carry a helmet.
If someone is shot in front of you, first of all, seek cover. If it is safe to render aid, your first order of business is hemorrhage control. Bleeding extremity? Tourniquet now, re-asses later. Extremity wound you can’t tourniquet? Wound packing. Chest, abdomen,or neck wound? Chest seal/occlusive dressing.
The key to combat medicine is speed. Act decisively, then get the casualty out of the hot/warm zone and to somewhere you can re-assess them.
@mcnado So much this. Also many organizations offer “Stop the Bleed” training, which is first aid for gunshot and knife wounds. If you have the opportunity to take it, do so asap.
I have undergone that training and it was well worth the time invested.
McNadoMD
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