• Michael W Day.
• Michael W. Day is a trauma clinical practice specialist at Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville, Georgia. medstarmike@gmail.com.
• Crit Care Nurse. 2016 Feb 1; 36 (1): 40-51.

AbstractAlthough most extremity hemorrhage from trauma can be controlled with direct pressure and/or pressure dressings, the occasional uncontrolled hemorrhage can be life threatening. Tools that may be able to control such life-threatening extremity hemorrhage include hemostatic dressings, tourniquets, and several new devices that have recently become available. Hemostatic dressings, a relatively new concept, incorporate materials that increase coagulation into a dressing that is applied directly to the wound. Although the use of tourniquets has a long history, recent military conflicts have provided numerous studies that supported and refined their use. The novel extremity hemorrhage control devices effectively control bleeding in one of several ways: direct compression, arterial compression above the level of injury, and sealing the wounds' edges, creating a hematoma.©2016 American Association of Critical-Care Nurses.

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