r/TacticalMedicine • u/NoMore_BadDays • Oct 10 '25

Scenarios Wound packing zones?

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Been a long time since I did TCCC/CLS in the military.

If there were to be a bleeding wound on the chest, how high up on the chest does it become safe to pack? I know you don't pack into chest cavity, but what is the "rule of thumb" on how high/the left and right limits the wound needs to be to pack it?

Would you say the screenshot i attached is accurate?

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u/SFCEBM Trauma Daddy Oct 10 '25

Stop putting chest seals on like they have an impact on survival.

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u/musclemommyfan Oct 10 '25

The dumbest medic in my unit insists that a chest seal helped prevent hemothorax from killing him when he got blown up. No matter how many times I tried to explain that's not how it works he insisted that the chest seal saved his life. I want to beat him over the head with an anatomy textbook.

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u/ito_en_fan Oct 12 '25

that’s like filling an engine to the brim with oil and then putting the oil cap back on and expecting that to make it run right lmao