Howie Mell - How to Stop Bleeding Without a Hospital

Howie shows us the tools in his toolkit: Tourniquets save lives and do not cause limb ischaemia. The aorta is clamped for many hours in cardiac surgery. Data from the battlefield showed that in >800 cases where tourniquets were applied, there were 3 adverse outcomes (loss of sensation in the distal fingertips). Haemorrhage control (Israeli) bandages are tourniquets with a haemostatic agent that can be applied to a bleeding wound QuickClot (haemostatic powder) can be used for abdominal wounds but...