Bloodstopper pouch

Army combat medic school in 1999 was put it on if needed and evacuate the casualty. A surgeon somewhere will take it off. The limb can be saved depending on the severity of the injury and how fast the casualty travels to a real doc. Time is of the essence.

I’m sure protocol has changed since then.
 
SeanRuel said:
My class was basically "if you put on a tourniquet , expect to lose everything below it. Pretty scary to a 20 year old with no other first aid experience
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I mean theyre not wrong but its not totally accurate. Even so im pretty sure 85% of people would rather lose a limb and live then die on a job site.

Its definitly worth looking into some actual training courses that teach how to deal with massive blood loss, trauma, and crushing injuries.
 
Jonny said:
Army combat medic school in 1999 was put it on if needed and evacuate the casualty. A surgeon somewhere will take it off. The limb can be saved depending on the severity of the injury and how fast the casualty travels to a real doc. Time is of the essence.

I’m sure protocol has changed since then.
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Essentially the same in Combat Lifesaving courses 2013-2014. When in doubt its better to slap a tourniquet high and tight, israeli bandage, and evac. Let the medics deal with the rest
 
Diesel487 said:
Sounds like you know more than me but i can telll you at least a few years ago in the military we were still taught to fully enage a tourniquet and write on the tourniquet itself the time applied, most tourniquets i see for sale have a tag to write the time on. If i remember correctly theres a method where you would release the tourniquet every 20 minutes to restore bloodflow to prevent loss of limb. But i also havent had a CLS course in a loong time so best practices have most likely changed

Regardless in that oh shit moment where life and death is 30 seconds away ill take a tourniquet high and tight every time
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I wouldn't say I know more than you, we just operated in different environments with different wound causes and patterns. I've seen some shit in my day but it's probably pale in comparison to the shit combat medics see on a daily basis. I've worked in very busy systems but the volume of the types of wounds the military sees are not all that frequent anywhere domestic.
 
Steve Connally said:
I wouldn't say I know more than you, we just operated in different environments with different wound causes and patterns. I've seen some shit in my day but it's probably pale in comparison to the shit combat medics see on a daily basis. I've worked in very busy systems but the volume of the types of wounds the military sees are not all that frequent anywhere domestic.
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Im not a medic i just payed real good attention to the classes they gave me yeah most medics ive met that have been in combat are a little tweaked. Comes with the job i guess. And your spot on about the types and frequencies of injuries each side sees. I just know dealing with chainsaws and heavy sharp tools some of whag the Army taught me can translate
 
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