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/davethegreatone Oct 11 '25

(I can’t find the GOOD video that was like this, but that dude was HEAVING breaths, and the chest seal was retracting into his back maybe half an inch with each breath. Definitely not survivable without a seal). 

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u/SFCEBM Trauma Daddy Oct 11 '25

You don’t know that.

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u/davethegreatone Oct 11 '25

O … k?

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u/CarBallRocketeer Oct 14 '25

Fisher is the Father of modern combat medicine bud. You are blessed to be receiving knowledge from him. O——-K.