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Characteristics and Outcomes of Prehospital Tourniquet Use for Trauma in the United States

Prehospital Emergency Care, 2022
Introduction The use of the extremity tourniquet in military environments has reduced preventable deaths due to exsanguinating hemorrhage, leading to increased use in civilian settings.
Z. Hashmi, Parker J Hu, J. Jansen, F. Butler, J. Kerby, J. Holcomb   +5 more
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AAST multicenter prospective analysis of prehospital tourniquet use for extremity trauma

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, 2022
Media summary: Large prospective multicenter study showed that prehospital tourniquets for major extremity trauma were associated with a threefold decreased incidence of arrival in shock without increased limb complications.
R. Schroll, Alison A Smith, Kelsey Alabaster, T. Schroeppel, Zachery Stillman, Erik J. Teicher, E. Lita, Paula Ferrada, Jinfeng Han, Robert D. Fullerton, A. McNickle, D. Fraser, Michael S. Truitt, Heather M. Grossman Verner, S. Todd, David Turay, A. Pop, L. Godat, Todd W. Costantini, Desmond Khor, K. Inaba, James M. Bardes, Alison M Wilson, J. Myers, James M. Haan, Kelly L. Lightwine, Henrik O. Berdel, A. J. Bottiggi, W. Dorlac, L. Zier, Grace H. Chang, M. Lindner, Benjamin Martinez, D. Tatum, P. Fischer, M. Lieser, Robert C. Mabe, L. Lottenberg, Catherine G. Velopoulos, Shane Urban, Marquinn D. Duke, Amy Brown, Merry Peckham, AlleaBelle Gongola, Toby M. Enniss, P. Teixeira, Dennis Y Kim, George Singer, Peter Ekeh, C. Hardman, R. Askari, B. Okafor, J. Duchesne   +52 more
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Implications of the national Stop the Bleed campaign: The swinging pendulum of prehospital tourniquet application in civilian limb trauma

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, 2021
Supplemental digital content is available in the text. BACKGROUND Prehospital tourniquet (PHT) utilization has increased in response to mass casualty events.
S. Mikdad, Ava K. Mokhtari, Casey M. Luckhurst, K. Breen, Betty S. Liu, H. Kaafarani, G. Velmahos, April E. Mendoza, F. Bloemers, N. Saillant   +9 more
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Tourniquet Application for Bleeding Control in a Rural Trauma System: Outcomes and Implications for Prehospital Providers

Prehospital Emergency Care, 2021
Introduction: Uncontrolled bleeding is a preventable cause of death in rural trauma. Herein, we examined the appropriateness, effectiveness, and safety of tourniquet application for bleeding control in a rural trauma system.
H. Bedri, Hadeal Ayoub, Jacklyn M Engelbart, M. Lilienthal, C. Galet, D. Skeete   +5 more
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Prehospital tourniquet use: An evaluation of community application and outcome

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, 2021
BACKGROUND There is substantial investment in layperson and first responder training involving tourniquet use for hemorrhage control. Little is known however about prehospital tourniquet application, field conversion, or outcomes in the civilian setting.
Leslie M. Barnard, Sally Guan, Lori Zarmer, Brianna Mills, J. Blackwood, E. Bulger, Betty Y. Yang, P. Johnston, M. Vavilala, M. Sayre, T. Rea, David L. Murphy   +11 more
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The Tourniquet Controversy

Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection & Critical Care, 2003
Describing a tourniquet as “an instrument of the devil that sometimes saves a life” encapsulates the considerable risk to a limb when a tourniquet is applied to arrest life-threatening extremity hemorrhage. The use of tourniquets is widespread in both military and civilian environments, particularly in the developing world; however, the balance of risk
Roderick L.R. Dunn, John F. Navein, Robin Coupland   +2 more
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Prehospital tourniquet use in penetrating extremity trauma: Decreased blood transfusions and limb complications

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, 2019
BACKGROUND Despite increasing popularity of prehospital tourniquet use in civilians, few studies have evaluated the efficacy and safety of tourniquet use. Furthermore, previous studies in civilian populations have focused on blunt trauma patients.
Alison A Smith, J. Ochoa, Sunnie Wong, Sydney Beatty, Jeffrey M Elder, Chrissy Guidry, Patrick R. McGrew, Clifton Mcginness, J. Duchesne, R. Schroll   +9 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Carpal Tunnel Release without a Tourniquet: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 2020
Supplemental Digital Content is available in the text. Background: Open carpal tunnel release is commonly performed with the use of a tourniquet.
O. Olaiya, Awwal M. Alagabi, L. Mbuagbaw, Mark H. McRae   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

THE TOURNIQUET

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery, 1978
The morbidity of the tourniquet is not well documented. The “post‐tourniquet syndrome” is the most common side effect, but is usually unrecognized. The causation of nerve palsy. although this sequela is uncommon, has been documented. Other problems associated with tourniquet use are discussed.
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