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a video proving with doppler the efficacy of a junctional inguinal improvised tourniquet
Mike Shertz

JSOM Improvised Inguinal Junctional Hemorrhage

  • Posted byMike Shertz
  • Categories(M) Massive Hemorrhage, Improvised
  • Comments0 comment
September 3, 2019
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So easy even your teenager can do it. . . This improvised inguinal junctional tourniquet from the Special Operations Combat Medical Sustainment Course is presented in JSOM Vol. 19, Ed. 2 Summer, 2019, unconventional medicine section We demonstrate its effectiveness …

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Counterfeit tourniquets are a problem. They may look like legitimate commercial versions but are not made to the same quality standard.
Mike Shertz

Counterfeit tourniquets are a problem

  • Posted byMike Shertz
  • Categories(M) Massive Hemorrhage, Equipment
  • Comments0 comment
August 29, 2019
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Counterfeit tourniquets are a problem. They may look like legitimate commercial versions but are not made to the same quality standard. Know your gear. In this excerpt from our online class learn about the problem – want more? Get the …

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Regular and super-absorbant tampons compared to two 4x4s, their rough equivalent; a roll of training combat gauze; and a roll of Kerlix Gauze.
Mike Shertz

Heavy flow is not massive hemorrhage: Tampons don’t belong in IFAKs

  • Posted byMike Shertz
  • Categories(M) Massive Hemorrhage, Equipment
  • Comments1 comment
July 17, 2019
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Recently we posted a video outlining the challenges of using hemostatic granules as compared to gauze. In response, we were surprised by how many people advocated for tactical tampons to control massive hemorrhage in a gunshot wound. “Depending on the …

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Granular or powdered agents fell out of favor over ten years ago as they “wash out” of actively bleeding wounds, are hard to get to the point of bleeding deep inside a wound
Mike Shertz

Hemostatic powders don’t work

  • Posted byMike Shertz
  • Categories(M) Massive Hemorrhage
  • Comments0 comment
July 1, 2019
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We recently discovered “active shooter kits” being marketed to agencies and schools containing granular hemostatic agents. Granular or powdered agents fell out of favor over ten years ago as they “wash out” of actively bleeding wounds, are hard to get …

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A photograph of a young girl wearing a 1-inch SOFT-T tourniquet. The tourniquet worked on the kid, as proven by doppler ultrasound.
Mike Shertz

Do commercially available tourniquets work on kids? UPDATED

  • Posted byMike Shertz
  • Categories(M) Massive Hemorrhage
  • Comments4 comments
May 20, 2019
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Jacob Hall, 6 years old, died of a femoral artery laceration after being shot by a 14-year-old while he was at recess at his school. Another student and a teacher were wounded. Would a tourniquet have worked to save him? …

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An improvise tourniquet properly applied high and tight on a thigh
Mike Shertz

Improvised Tourniquets: Good to have an alternate plan

  • Posted byMike Shertz
  • Categories(M) Massive Hemorrhage, Improvised
April 25, 2019
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Critics of improvised tourniquets say they are ineffective. Some claim, “if you’re planning to improvise, you’re planning to fail.” We disagree statement. Proper planning includes having a primary plan, in this instance a commercially available tourniquet, and an alternate plan: …

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