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2. Emergency Bandage - Wikipedia

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   The Emergency Bandage or Israeli bandage is a specially designed, first-aid device that is used to stop bleeding from hemorrhagic wounds caused by traumatic injuries in pre-hospital emergency situations. [1][2] First used for saving lives during a NATO peacekeeping operation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the bandage was successfully used during ...

3. Emergency bleeding control - Wikipedia

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   Emergency bleeding control describes actions that control bleeding from a patient who has suffered a traumatic injury or who has a medical condition that has caused bleeding. Many bleeding control techniques are taught as part of first aid throughout the world. [ 1 ] Other advanced techniques, such as tourniquets, are taught in advanced first ...

4. Tourniquets 101: Everything You Need To Know for Emergency ...

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   A tourniquet is an emergency device used to stop life-threatening bleeding that cannot otherwise be stopped. You should avoid using a tourniquet if: You can stop the bleeding using another method ...

5. Tourniquet - Wikipedia

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   Tourniquet being applied to an arm on a training dummy. A combat tourniquet commonly used by combat medics (military environment) and EMS (civilian environment). A tourniquet is a device that is used to apply pressure to a limb or extremity in order to create ischemia or stopping the flow of blood. It may be used in emergencies, in surgery, or ...

6. Dressing (medicine) - Wikipedia

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   Dressing (medicine) An adhesive island dressing, in its original packaging (left) and on a person's wrist (right) A dressing or compress[1] is piece of material such as a pad applied to a wound to promote healing and protect the wound from further harm. A dressing is designed to be in direct contact with the wound, as distinguished from a ...

7. QuikClot - Wikipedia

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   QuikClot. QuikClot Combat Gauze. QuikClot is a brand of hemostatic wound dressing that contains an agent that promotes blood clotting. The brand is owned by Teleflex. [1] It is primarily used by militaries and law enforcement to treat hemorrhaging from trauma.