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Assessment of Groin Application of Junctional Tourniquets in a Manikin Model

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, 2016
Introduction To aid in preparation of military medic trainers for a possible new curriculum in teaching junctional tourniquet use, the investigators studied the time to control hemorrhage and blood volume lost in order to provide evidence for ease of use.
J. Kragh, Matthew P. Lunati, Chetan U. Kharod, Cord W. Cunningham, J. Bailey, Z. Stockinger, A. Cap, Jacob Chen, J. Aden, L. Cancio   +9 more
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Emergency tourniquets for civilians: Can military lessons in extremity hemorrhage be translated?

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, 2015
BACKGROUND Among civilians, emergency tourniquet (TKT) use is infrequent because of concern for TKT-related complications. In large part because of positive reports from the military on emergency TKT use, all ambulances serving Mecklenburg County, which ...
G. Ode, J. Studnek, Rachel B. Seymour, M. Bosse, J. Hsu   +4 more
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The state of the union: Nationwide absence of uniform guidelines for the prehospital use of tourniquets to control extremity exsanguination

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, 2016
BACKGROUND After the Sandy Hook shootings and the resulting Hartford Consensus, as well as the recent Boston Marathon bombing, the need for a uniform, detailed, and aggressive prehospital extremity exsanguination control protocol became clear.
E. Ramly, Gem G. Runyan, D. King
semanticscholar   +1 more source

U.S. Military Use of Tourniquets from 2001 to 2010

Prehospital Emergency Care, 2015
Objective. This study was conducted to associate tourniquet use and survival in casualty care over a decade of war in order to provide evidence to emergency medical personnel for the implementation and efficacy of tourniquet use in a large trauma system.
J. Kragh, M. Dubick, J. Aden, Anne L McKeague, T. Rasmussen, D. Baer, Lorne H. Blackbourne   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Improvised tourniquets: Obsolete or obligatory?

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, 2015
L ife-threatening hemorrhage from the extremities is not confined to the military setting and is seen in civilian catastrophes such as terrorist attacks, postconflict improvised explosive device, land mine detonations, and natural disasters.
S. Stewart, J. Duchesne, Mansoor Khan
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Different Width and Tightening System: Emergency Tourniquets on Distal Limb Segments.

Journal of special operations medicine : a peer reviewed journal for SOF medical professionals, 2015
BACKGROUND Tourniquets are used on distal limb segments. We examined calf and forearm use of four thigh-effective, commercial tourniquets with different widths and tightening systems: 3.8 cm windlass Combat Application Tourniquet® (CAT, combattourrniquet.
P. Wall, Sheryl Sahr, C. Buising
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The safety and efficacy of improvised tourniquets in life-threatening hemorrhage: a systematic review

European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, 2019
M. Cornelissen, Anne C Brandwijk, L. Schoonmade, G. Giannakópoulos, S. V. van Oostendorp, L. Geeraedts   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Prähospitale Anwendung von Tourniquets bei lebensbedrohlichen Extremitätenblutungen

Der Unfallchirurg, 2018
B. Hossfeld, R. Lechner, F. Josse, M. Bernhard, F. Walcher, M. Helm, M. Kulla   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source