Riahderymnmaddog wrote on Jan 29, 2025, 14:21:
I used HemCon first, Combat gauze is made with quick clot and can cause thermal tissue damage because of the heat it generated. but I carried it too, as well as straight up quick clot. Remember the first step in TCCC is to return fire with aimed precise fire. Never came across a GSW that I could treat with a tampon.

The TCCC course I took was for civvies as I am one these days. List of gear was oriented to what a normal person could reasonably obtain. I knew many corpsman when I was in, however, who carried tampons to stuff in deep wounds as packing and then slapped a sealer over the top until a casualty could medevac out. As a packing for what you, a person who was not being supplied by Uncle Sam, could reasonably acquire it was highly recommended.

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TFP, don't. Combat gauze is for true SHTF situations with heavy bleeding and being way the Hell and gone from a medical facility without evac being available. Like a "I gotta walk my wounded ass off this mountain, out of these woods, and drive myself to the hospital" situation.

For your prop slice, I'd rinse the wound with distilled water, pack it with MediHoney or Tegaderm, and then wrap it with sterile dressing. Then head to an emergency clinic or hospital for examination. Though, if you have the fortitude and steady hand, you'd could learn and practice how to suture and suture the wound yourself.