they covered most of it but!! i'm going to give a little more detail bc this shit is incredibly important and people can die fast from gunshot wounds so here's a thread from ur favorite emt https://twitter.com/syhsolo/status/1266237104444420096

for extremities: pressure! use your hand at first, then find any kind of fabric, it can be a shirt/any fabric and hold it directly on top of the wound. do not let go. it's going to hurt, but you have to stop the bleeding. apply a tourniquet if you can! do not use string -

- or anything thin. belts generally aren't recommended but if you have to, put something underneath the belt to protect their skin. emts/medics will not take the tourniquet off, we leave it there until we get to the hospital because that's our protocol. -

- for a tourniquet to be effective, place a stick/pen/etc on whatever fabric you're using. tie it as you regularly would. then twist. keep twisting, it needs to be tight. Their Arm Will Not Fall Off. secure whatever you used with another tie. sit them up but if they're -

- starting to go unconscious because of blood loss, lay them down and elevate their legs. keep them talking and keep them warm. it’s unlikely that they'll lose enough blood to go unconscious if you can stop the bleeding as soon as possible.

regardless of where the wound is -

- apply direct pressure with your hand, then with gauze/fabric once you have access to it.

for chest and abdominal injuries, check for an exit wound and apply pressure there as well. protestors - put plastic wrap and duct tape in your goddamn backpacks. it can be used to -

- keep direct pressure for extremities once bleeding is controlled, but put it over the gauze . DO NOT remove any gauze. if it gets soaked with blood, add more on top of it. do not remove it.

back to the plastic and duct tape, for chest injuries, you're worried about air -

- going into their chest. Which Is Definitely Where It Is Not Supposed To Be. so you need to keep it from doing that. slap some plastic wrap directly over it and secure it with duct tape on the sides and the top. don't tape the bottom!!

do the same to the exit wound if there -

- is one. tape it on all sides, though.

this will keep them from ending up with a collapsed lung. if at any point, they start having significant trouble breathing and have to work hard to breathe, lift up the dressing and have them breathe out as much as they can. put the -

- dressing back down before they breathe in. keep doing that as needed.

if the bleeding doesn't stop and you can't tape it, you can do this with your hand. apply direct pressure, and if they start having pain when they breathe or are struggling to breathe, lift your hand up -

- when they exhale and put it back before they inhale. don't do this every time they breathe, but doing it when they start having a hard time breathing will keep them from going into respiratory distress.

if you don't remember any of this thread, at least remember this: apply -

- pressure to anything and Everything. put plastic wrap and duct tape (and bandanas if possible) in your backpack/in your car/jacket. it can be an emergency pressure dressing if you're unable to keep pressure on the wound. have people help you !

stay safe, please.

side note - please if there is any opportunity for you to take a cpr and first aid class in the future, take it.

ALSO !! i just realized they said two very big no-nos .... DO NOT PUT YOUR FINGERS IN THE WOUND. you could do more damage by pressing the bullet/bullet shards into them if there is no exit wound. and it will hurt like Hell. applying direct pressure does the same thing, please -

- do NOT stick your fingers in wounds ,, EVER

about the don’t apply pressure to chest/abdominal injuries ,, yes it may lead to internal bleeding, but if they got shot in the chest/abdomen, they're already going to be bleeding internally which is why you need to make sure they don't lose More Blood and apply direct pressure