Street medics, who may be medical professionals or first aid practitioners with only basic training, bandage cuts and rubber bullet wounds. They treat symptoms from tear gas, Mace and pepper spray, using water and saline to flush protesters’ eyes. Ann Hirschman, a licensed nurse-practitioner and the self-proclaimed “grandmother of street medics,” has been active at demonstrations since the 1960s. In that time, she has learned that at protests, some principles of traditional emergency care don’t apply. “Street medics go toward the patient and make the scene safe for them.”

Source: New York Times June 10, 2020 15:26 UTC