Month: April 2023
What is a Tourniquet? When someone is suffering from traumatic blood loss, a tourniquet is an emergency medical device that can help treat an injury until professional help arrives. It is designed to apply pressure to a limb in order to temporarily stop the flow of blood through a vein or artery. Learning how to use a tourniquet is crucial in emergency situations involving life-threatening bleeding, as every second counts, especially if a severe bleeding injury occurs that causes rapid blood loss. Being prepared with a tourniquet and knowing how to correctly apply a tourniquet can help save an injured …
Bleeding control kits are a critical component for school systems, and even required in some states. The 2022 calendar year broke the record for the most school shootings in the past 4 decades making it one of the most dangerous years for teens between the ages of 12-17.1 Although there is no official requirement on how many kits each school should have, we recommend multiple kits be available to accommodate the number of victims that may need access to these life-saving tools. Uncontrolled bleeding is responsible for 35% of prehospital trauma deaths and within the first 24 hours, …
Do You Know the Signs of Commotio Cordis? Baseball season is here! As players begin to prep for the season, so do coaches and athletic trainers. All athletes have a high risk of injury when it comes to contact sports, however, pitchers, catchers, and batters have the highest risk of commotio cordis due to the frequent chest wall strikes and potential blunt chest trauma from a baseball.1 What is Commotio Cordis? Commotio Cordis occurs when an object, like a baseball, hockey puck, or even an elbow, strikes the chest directly over the heart during the critical moment of the heartbeat. …