Blood
Injury to a blood vessel stimulates a series of chemical reactions in which factors are activated and a fibrin net is formed over the injury of the vessel.
What is blood clotting?
Bleeding that cannot be compressed with direct pressure, wound packing, or pressure dressings.
What are non-compressible hemorrhages?
Applied over clothing and as high as possible.
What are hasty tourniquets?
The reason hemostatic agents work
What are chemicals within the dressings that stimulate clotting in wounds?
Complications of tourniquets do not usually occur within
Watery fluid with proteins, platelets, and other molecules and dissolved minerals.
What is plasma?
There are several areas on the body where compressible hemorrhage can occur.
What are arms, legs, axilla, groin, neck and superficial injuries to the head and torso?
The phase at which hasty tourniquets are converted.
What is tactical field care?
The "P's" of wound packing
What are Peel, Push, Pile, Pressure?
Tourniquet conversation can
What is reduce unnecessary damage to an extremity?
When activated, they stick to each other and the fibrin net to form clots over damaged vessels.
What are platelets?
The amount of fluid a typical adult casualty can bleed into their chest.
What is 1500ml per side?
The reason a second tourniquet may be placed side by side to the first
What is present distal pulse?
Anchor points need to be used when packing wounds
What are neck, axillary, and inguinal wounds?
Tourniquet conversation can happen if
Medications can inhibit the formation of clots by deactivating platelet formation.
What areaspirin, ibuprofen, naproxen, and Warfarin (Coumadin)?
The amount of fluid (blood and IV fluid) a typical adult can hemorrhage into their abdomen
What is 10 liters?
Injury causes generalized painful swelling and increased pressure.
What is compartment syndrome?
Emergency bandages, emergency trauma bandages, elastic bandages
What are Pressure dressings?
The step taken after a failed tourniquet conversion.
What is retighten the tourniquet?
Factors that can disrupt the clotting process and contribute to coagulopathy
What are Hypothermia, Acidosis, Hemodilution, Medications, Blood pressure?
Signs and symptoms of non-compressible hemorrhages
The reason compartment syndrome happens.
What is space between the tourniquets?
The best tool that medics have to stop internal bleeding
What is Tranexamic Acid (TXA)?
Tourniquets should not be loosened or converted.
What is arrival at surgical facility within 2 hours, tourniquet in place longer than 6 hours, tourniquet placed above amputation, or the casualty in profound shock?