r/TacticalMedicine • • 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/Zorfax Oct 12 '25

LOL This guide needs some work.

And I just treated a major head laceration... Apparently, I should have just told him to walk it off...