Green Eye Tactical
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Israeli bandages anyone?
The Israeli bandage is just a pressure bandage. You're taking up room for things that will work. They aren't used in any SOF kits. The thing about Israeli dressings is that they only work for bleeding that is occurring at the pressure site. Serious bleeding is usually caused by arterial damage- and they have the tendency to retract towards the body from the wound site. So the pressure at the wound site won't work. For the mall percentage of trauma wounds that a pressure bandage will work for- a tourniquet will work better on. So, less gear to carry.
@Shorts- Hemostatic dressing an excellent tool, but as your buddy eluded to: if you don't know how or when to use it, you can really screw somebody up. Also- the risks of tourniquets are largely over-hyped. Job #1 now is- KEEP THE BLOOD IN THE BODY. Because IV fluid doesn't transport oxygen. Your Doc buddies at KAF should be ale to source you some TC3 material.
For those of you that are doing your own research on modern combat medical techniques:
- Look into SF and SOF sources first. They are the proponency for TC3 training. They will also be he most up to date.
- If you can't find that, look for Dept. of the Army sources (a few will come up on google)- they are the next best thing.
- I would stay away from civilian sources, because they are behind the power curve on getting up to speed on these things. (I've seen civilian docs walk out of TC3 classes when they are shown to safety pin a casualty's tongue to their shirt to maintain an airway.)
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