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? …
April 15, 2013, Boston Marathon Bombing At the Boston Marathon in 2013, two pressure cooker IEDs were detonated resulting in three fatalities, 264 casualties, and three triple amputees. Although 27 “improvised tourniquets” were placed at the point of injury, none …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …