14-year-old boy shot in the chest saved with combat gauze, chest seals in cop’s first aid kits
“It was very chaotic, the young man was very scared, so we were running around trying to do whatever we could to help him out,” Fink said.
Fink started applying combat gauze to the gunshot wound which helps with blood clotting. This quick thinking would become a lifesaving decision.
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