Life threat — do the NOW steps before anything else.
Step 1 of 3 · now
Cover exposed organs
Moist clean dressing (water or saline) over exposed guts, then a loose dry cover so they do not dry out or stick. If nothing is out, just a dry dressing on the hole.
Use: Clean water / saline or Plain gauze or Emergency bandage — you marked this in kit
When this applies · do not
Hole in the abdomen
Intestines or organs showing
Rigid, swollen, or extremely tender belly after blast
Red flags
This is a surgeon problem. You can only keep them alive until the ride.
Do not
Do not push guts back in.
Do not pack a deep abdominal cavity the way you pack a limb.
Do not give food or lots of water.
Field aid tool — not a diagnosis, not a medic, not your unit’s official protocol. When a trained medic or doctor is there, follow them.