This is the summary publication of the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation's
2020 International Consensus on First Aid Science With Treatment Recommendations. It …

Hemorrhage is the leading cause of preventable military and civilian trauma death. Damage
control resuscitation with concomitant mechanical hemorrhage control has become the …

Objective Trauma, with resultant bleeding, is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality
throughout the world; however, the best possible method of bleeding control by immediate …

During historic, as well as more recent, conflicts, most combat casualties who die from their
injuries do so in the prehospital setting. Although many of the injuries incurred by these …

As with many of the advancements in trauma care, prehospital trauma care has evolved
significantly with periods of military conflict. Most credit Baron Dominique Jean Larrey …

BACKGROUND Junctional tourniquets have been incorporated into tactical combat casualty
care for junctional vascular trauma. They apply external compression to stop blood flow in …

Background Specialized tourniquets have been deployed to the battlefield for the control of
junctional/pelvic hemorrhage despite limited knowledge concerning their safety and …

Methods: Anesthetized pigs were subjected to 25% controlled hemorrhage and a groin
arterial injury. Resulting hemorrhage from the groin wound was controlled for 2 h by …

Introduction To achieve the aim of zero preventable deaths on the battlefield a deeper
understanding of uncontrolled hemorrhage from junctional or proximal extremity sources is …

Hemorrhage is the leading cause of preventable death in both civilian and military medicine.
Junctional hemorrhages are especially difficult to manage since traditional tourniquet …