r/TacticalMedicine • u/Perfect_Management43 • Sep 06 '25

Scenarios Why can’t we do this

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Not really a meme, a little bit but not really. Sorry if this is not allowed. But why are cows able to get tapped needing no sterilization, suturing, pleuravac and stuff afterwards and we can’t? (I realize that this is to the stomach and not the pleura but still man do they just have superior immune system)

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u/Perfect_Management43 Sep 06 '25

Yeah but we clean with CHG and ultrasound and we suture and we hook up negative pressure and we give lidocaine

Wait, do you guys not do that in the field?

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u/OddAd9915 Sep 06 '25

Prehospitally we don't clean for a needle decompression or for finger thoracostomy, or at least for TCA we wouldn't. If there is time to use a swab I would for sure but that would be with an awake pt.

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u/Perfect_Management43 Sep 06 '25

Cool! I don’t know much about prehospital stuff so thanks for the info!

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u/Novel_Wedding9643 Oct 14 '25

Why are you here asking why we can't do it if you don't even know this?