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.
@MiriShuli best option is a commercial chest seal. Second best is taking something sterile and occlusive like a foil/plastic bandage packing and taping the sides down. Venting a corner by periodically lifting it up is a good plan if transport isn’t readily available.
The reality is that most medical tape won’t stick to a sweaty, bloody chest anyway. The adhesive on chest seals is very thick, strong, sticky stuff.
McNadoMD
Mirishuli