Black Flag Medical · @blackflagmedical
36 followers · 50 posts · Server social.coopThe Prolonged Casualty Care (PCC) guidelines detail best practices intended for #casualty management over prolonged time in #austere, #remote, or #expeditionary settings, and/or during long-distance movements.
The good news is that Deployed #Medicine makes the #PCC clinical guideliness free view online:
https://books.allogy.com/web/tenant/8/books/31645fe7-9b9f-4e23-846c-768253e47a62/
#casualty #austere #remote #expeditionary #medicine #pcc #ukraine #medic #emt #tccc #teccc
Black Flag Medical · @blackflagmedical
34 followers · 39 posts · Server social.coopIn some #trauma circumstances (neck, armpit, groin) it's very difficult to use a #tourniquet to control #bleeding. What's an alternative?
This video descibes the use of a Foley (or balloon) #catheter, usually insterted into the bladder to drain urine, to control massive #haemorrhage
https://www.crisis-medicine.com/wound-packing-foley-catheter/
CAT-7 tourniquets can cost in exces of €35. Foley catheters? Less than €10. Consider carrying a few.
Additional link:
https://sjtrem.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13049-021-00975-2
#trauma #tourniquet #bleeding #catheter #haemorrhage #medicine #emt #medics #emergency #teccc