Nabil Ali-Mohamad, Massimo F Cau, Xu Wang, Adele Khavari, Kristyn Ringgold, Asad Naveed, Christopher Sherwood, Nuoya Peng, Han Zhang Gao, Youjie Zhang, Hugh Semple, Henry Peng, Catherine Tenn, James R Baylis, Andrew Beckett, Nathan J White, Christian J Kastrup
INTRODUCTION: Hemorrhage is responsible for 91% of preventable prehospital deaths in combat. Bleeding from anatomic junctions such as the groin, neck, and axillae make up 19% of these deaths, and reports estimate that effective control of junctional hemorrhage could have prevented 5% of fatalities in Afghanistan. Hemostatic dressings are effective but are time-consuming to apply and are limited when proper packing and manual pressure are not feasible, such as during care under fire. CounterFlow-Gauze is a hemostatic dressing that is effective without compression and delivers thrombin and tranexamic acid into wounds...
November 8, 2023: Military Medicine