VERY INTERESTING DEVELOPMENT in combat casualty care.
A new kind of inflatable tourniquet created by Dr. John Croushorn and materials experts will soon be in the hands of U.S. Army combat medics. …
Amazing.
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VERY INTERESTING DEVELOPMENT in combat casualty care.
A new kind of inflatable tourniquet created by Dr. John Croushorn and materials experts will soon be in the hands of U.S. Army combat medics. …
Amazing.
I hope this works. Vietnam produced the Military Anti-Shock Trousers (MAST), sort of inflatable pants to squeeze blood volume out of the lower extremeties to maintain BP. We used them in civilian EMS pretty often through the early 90s, then they fell out of favor, when it turned out that they may have kept the person alive to get to the ER, but the sudden loss of BP once they were deflated tended to cause patients to die rather quickly once at the hospital. I don’t even know if ambulances carry them anymore or if protocols allow for them, my certifications expired years ago. I wonder if when this device is released if the resulting flow to the legs will cause a similar drop in BP. I hope not.
Military medicine certainly has come a long way since a shot of morphine and a call to the chaplain.
Loss of BP is always a major concern – still – wish we’d had these in our kit. Would this work in cases where a joe is essentially cut in half?
MAST pants are no longer used for their original purpose, but many agencies still carry them to use as a splint for pelvic fractures. I can’t remember the last time I saw them used.