05/02/2026
showing a Vietnam veteran how to apply chest seals on the new trainer. We used different chest seals and showed wound packing as well. The Vietnam veterans who attend our courses talked about using cigarette packs to make shift chest seals in their War. I personally have done make shift occlusive dressings in a pinch state side to overseas . We even used AED pads to plastic with 3 to 4 corners tape / it works. We even show a video of a New York cop using a potato chip bag as a occlusive dressing for a stab patient. Sometimes whether in War to everyday life, you have to make stuff in a pinch or on the fly. Going to catch up on other posts with classes we had recently . Again great job to everyone who attended. also pointed out that a few of us in these courses came from multiple backgrounds and diverse. Even some of the people who attended were veterans of Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, Ukraine and Gaza wars / current Wars . Just awesome learning with everyone as we go and in training, it’s ok to learn and make mistakes. It long run, it helps save lives while having fun learning ! 🫀🧠🫁