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Originally posted by NousDefionsDoc
Are we going to use them? Which one? Why? under what conditions?
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1.) Yes I think we will/should, but only after every other avenue of treatment has been utilized.
2.) TraumaDEX is 1st choice with Quickclot second.
3.) TraumaDEX can be used on both adult and peds w/o the complication of burns that Quickclot tends to produce. Not that I would not use Quickclot, I would. I firmly believe a 2nd or 3rd degree burn is better than losing a limb or a life.
4.) After bandaging, direct pressure, pressure points, and elevation has proved unsuccessful in hemorrhage control leaving the only other alternative, a tourniquet.
Jimbo:
Hemorrhage control agents are a much better alternative to the tourniquet. It controls the bleeding without denying tissue distal to the injury of much needed oxygenated hemoglobin.
The additional training necessary to use HCA's is not very extensive.