Bleeding Like A – Current Concepts in Hemorrhage Control
From every armed conflict has come advancements in emergency medicine, and the war in the Middle East is no different. From hemostatic agents to wound packing and modern tourniquets, how we manage external bleeding has changed considerably. Even the reliance on the “time-honored” pressure point has changed. This presentation is a review of the why, when, and how of modern hemorrhage control and its use in modern civilian EMS.
Objectives:
- Describe the role of wound packing and direct pressure in hemostasis.
- Describe the role of hemostatic dressings in hemostasis.
- Describe the use of modern tourniquets in hemostasis.