I recently got a trauma kit pack from AR500 and have been watching videos on how to use items in the kit. A while back, I took a trauma class but it's been a while back. Anyway, Celox came with the kit and while watching videos on it, I came across this...
From that blurb, it looks like HemCon was a clear winner over other hemostatic dressings.
Anyone here have first hand experience with these?
When trying to find the source of the bleeding to apply the gauze/pressure, how hard is that really in real life?
I can see packing a wound as "easy", but that initial finding the blood source seems like it would be pretty hard for someone without "real" training hands on with a pig or something.
Is hemostatic for places where a tourniquet can not be used?
Is a hemostatic to be applied to a wound after a tourniquet has been applied?
Should a Good Samaritan even try removing a tourniquet after a hemostatic has been used?
I am certain time is a factor in all the answers, but any guidance would be nice.
Finally, what are some recommended classes for trauma?
Hemostatic dressings reduce tourniquet time while maintaining hemorrhage control - PubMed
Tourniquet application has become first-line treatment for extremity hemorrhage on the battlefield and has seen increased use in the civilian arena. We hypothesized that an effective windlass tourniquet could be removed after application of a hemostatic dressing in a swine model of peripheral...
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract
Tourniquet application has become first-line treatment for extremity hemorrhage on the battlefield and has seen increased use in the civilian arena. We hypothesized that an effective windlass tourniquet could be removed after application of a hemostatic dressing in a swine model of peripheral vascular injury. A tourniquet was placed proximally in 50 forelimb-injured swine after 30 seconds of hemorrhage with cessation of hemorrhage in all cases. Hemcon, ActCel, Quikclot, Celox, or standard gauze was then placed over the wound with direct pressure for three minutes. The tourniquet was then removed. Success was determined if no bleeding was identified. Standard gauze resulted in a 100 per cent failure rate with active bleeding present after each application. Celox was successful in maintaining hemostasis in 6 of 10 (60%) subjects. Quikclot succeeded in 80 per cent of subjects. ActCel maintained hemostasis in nine (90%) subjects, whereas HemCon was successful in all instances (100%). All four hemostatic dressings were superior to gauze in maintaining hemostasis after removal of an effective tourniquet. Use of hemostatic dressings in conjunction with a tourniquet may reduce tourniquet times and improve outcomes in peripheral vascular injury and warrants further study.
From that blurb, it looks like HemCon was a clear winner over other hemostatic dressings.
Anyone here have first hand experience with these?
When trying to find the source of the bleeding to apply the gauze/pressure, how hard is that really in real life?
I can see packing a wound as "easy", but that initial finding the blood source seems like it would be pretty hard for someone without "real" training hands on with a pig or something.
Is hemostatic for places where a tourniquet can not be used?
Is a hemostatic to be applied to a wound after a tourniquet has been applied?
Should a Good Samaritan even try removing a tourniquet after a hemostatic has been used?
I am certain time is a factor in all the answers, but any guidance would be nice.
Finally, what are some recommended classes for trauma?