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Written by McNadoMD on 2025-02-04 at 00:07

If you are going to a protest and intend to provide aid to injured protestors and officers, here is some of what I carry in my protest medic bag (off-duty, on the get tear gassed side of the line):

CAT tourniquets, lots of nitrile gloves, eye protection, roller gauze, gauze pads (more than you think), tampons, distilled water in a squirt bottle, baking soda in water in a squirt bottle, candy, sunscreen, molefoam, athletic tape, masks, ear plugs, SAM splint.

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Written by Allpoints on 2025-02-04 at 02:23

@mcnado all of that makes sense to me other than the tampons? I'm assuming there's some off label use case there?

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Written by McNadoMD on 2025-02-04 at 02:46

@allpoints two reasons:

1. In 2020, protests were running all day and late into the night, and stores near them were often closed. I started carrying tampons in my med bag for women who realized they were in need of one in the middle of a protest with no easy way to get any.

2. Packing penetrating wounds.

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Written by Allpoints on 2025-02-04 at 02:53

@mcnado thanks

1. Extra hygiene items always make sense.

2. I'll defer to you because I know it's your area of expertise. The couple of stop the bleed classes I've taken suggested not to use those because they were designed to absorb blood not staunch flow, i.e. pack with gauze. On the other hand, pack with what you've got.

Let's hope you don't have to use that stuff.

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Written by McNadoMD on 2025-02-04 at 03:53

@allpoints packing with gauze and reallllllly packing it in there is preferred for sure. As you say, the main point of packing if there is a compressible bleed is to compress it.

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