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- Title
A Comparison of Improvised and Commercially Available Point-of-Wounding Tourniquets in Simulated Traumatic Amputation with Catastrophic Hemorrhage.
- Authors
Hay-David, Aurélie G C; Herron, Jonathan B T; Thurgood, Andrew; Whittle, Craig; Mahmood, Ansar; Bodger, Owen; Hodgetts, Timothy J; Pallister, Ian
- Abstract
Catastrophic hemorrhage is the leading cause of preventable trauma deaths in the military and civilian populations. The use of tourniquets by first responders (medical and nonmedically trained) is supported and has the potential to save lives if applied correctly.
- Publication
Military medicine, 2020, Vol 185, Issue 9-10, pe1536
- ISSN
1930-613X
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1093/milmed/usaa085