Street medic

[1] Street medics may treat trauma injuries, animal attacks, and ailments resulting from crowd control weapons such as chemical agents.

[2] They conceived of medicine as self-defense, and provided medical support to the American Indian Movement (AIM), Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW),[3] Young Lords Party, Black Panther Party, and other revolutionary formations of the 1960s and 1970s.

Street medics were also involved in free clinics developed by the groups they supported.

The street medic pepper spray removal protocol (MOfibA - Mineral Oil followed immediately by Alcohol) was later adopted by the U.S.

[4][5] Due to the nature of the work performed, street medics would inevitably be placed directly in the scene where a conflict between protesters and law enforcement occurs, which could bring potential harm to street medics.