TY - JOUR
T1 - From the battlefield to main street
T2 - Tourniquet acceptance, use, and translation from the military to civilian settings
AU - Goodwin, Tress
AU - Moore, Krista N.
AU - Pasley, Jason David
AU - Troncoso, Ruben
AU - Levy, Matthew J.
AU - Goolsby, Craig
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PY - 2019/7/1
Y1 - 2019/7/1
N2 - Throughout history, battlefield medicine has led to advancements in civilian trauma care. In the most recent conflicts of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan/Operation Iraqi Freedom, one of the most important advances is increasing use of point-of-injury hemorrhage control with tourniquets. Tourniquets are gradually gaining acceptance in the civilian medical world-in both the prehospital setting and trauma centers. An analysis of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) data shows an increase of prehospital tourniquet utilization from 0 to nearly 4,000 between 2008 and 2016. Additionally, bystander educational campaigns such as the Stop the Bleed program is expanding, now with over 125,000 trained on tourniquet placement. Because the medical community and the population at large has broader acceptance and training on the use of tourniquets, there is greater potential for saving lives from preventable hemorrhagic deaths.
AB - Throughout history, battlefield medicine has led to advancements in civilian trauma care. In the most recent conflicts of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan/Operation Iraqi Freedom, one of the most important advances is increasing use of point-of-injury hemorrhage control with tourniquets. Tourniquets are gradually gaining acceptance in the civilian medical world-in both the prehospital setting and trauma centers. An analysis of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) data shows an increase of prehospital tourniquet utilization from 0 to nearly 4,000 between 2008 and 2016. Additionally, bystander educational campaigns such as the Stop the Bleed program is expanding, now with over 125,000 trained on tourniquet placement. Because the medical community and the population at large has broader acceptance and training on the use of tourniquets, there is greater potential for saving lives from preventable hemorrhagic deaths.
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U2 - 10.1097/TA.0000000000002198
DO - 10.1097/TA.0000000000002198
M3 - Article
C2 - 31246904
AN - SCOPUS:85068988796
SN - 2163-0755
VL - 87
SP - S35-S39
JO - The journal of trauma and acute care surgery
JF - The journal of trauma and acute care surgery
IS - 1S Suppl 1
ER -