There are many bandage options to choose from, one that many people opt for is the old faithful Emergency Bandage, also known as the Israeli bandage, manufactured by PerSys Medical. Living a Practical Sensible Preparedness oriented Lifestyle - coupled with a spirit of Self Reliance, an extent of Sustainable Living - while in the pursuit of Knowledge, Life, Liberty, and Happiness. In 2008 Cory set up First Aid Academy in the Lancashire area and won the ‘New Business of the Year 2008 Award’. By 2010 he was running nearly 250 first aid training courses a year. Use the Israeli bandage for bleeding wounds that need pressure but don't require a tourniquet. If a wound is spurting blood, then you should apply pressure and go directly for the tourniquet.

Thanks for the info, I have 3 IBDs. One in may firearms and range bag, one in my car first aid kit and one (the only one ever used) in the first aid kit in my wood working shop. Skinny Medic said this is why the IBD is usually on his person (in his vest) while the OLAES resides within his bag. I have been a paramedic since 1979. The israeli bandage is a great tool. I highly recommend them. Don’t however, think you have to have one to accomplish the task, stop the bleeding. You can accomplish the same thing with Securing bar: The securing bar is sewn into the end of the elastic. Once you've wrapped the wound, you can hook the c-shaped securing bar into the bandage.

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Secondary Sterile Dressing. Keeping the wound area clean and maintaining the pad and pressure on the wound firmly in place, including immobilisation of the injured limb or body part. You may be familiar with applying pressure to a wound by holding a gauze pad against the bleeding spot with your hand (hopefully while wearing gloves). You might also be familiar with devices that can be used to tie off a bleeding arm or leg. However, these medical treatments have limitations that don't impact pressure dressing. Wrap the bandage tightly around the wound — even over the pressure applicator clip. Don’t worry about that little string, it’s just there to keep the bandage together as you unwrap it. Unwrap the bandage hard enough that the string pops and keep going.

elevate. Use gravity to your advantage. Try to get the wound higher than the level of your heart. The blood pressure at the wound will be incrementally less. Helps with clotting. These bandages use a small plastic frame (called the pressure bar) to focus pressure directly on the wound. The rescuer wraps the bandage around the limb (or the head) and through the frame with the bar positioned directly over the injury. Then, the bandage direction is reversed, and the bar pushes on the wound. There’s also a new version of the OLAES called the ChitoGauze Pro that has chitosan hemostatic dressing inside — an agent that helps with blood clotting. Day MW. Control of traumatic extremity hemorrhage. Crit Care Nurse. 2016;36(1):40-51. doi:10.4037/ccn2016871When properly applied, a tourniquet is often the fastest and most complete bleeding control device available. A tourniquet has its limitations, however. It willonly work if the injury is on an extremity (leg, hand, etc.), and it cuts off circulation to the entire limb, potentially rendering the extremity numb and less useful. Emergency tourniquets are used in emergency bleeding control to prevent severe blood loss from limb trauma. Traditionally, emergency tourniquets are generally used as a last resort, especially in civilian applications, due to the understanding that if all blood flow below the application of an emergency tourniquet is stopped, it would subsequently kill the tissue, leading to eventual loss of the limb below application.

If you're curious about this, you can watch this video on making duct tape pull tabs for medical gear. Keep an ‘ Israeli Bandage ‘ with your First Aid trauma kit. Why? To help stop traumatic bleeding. But you need to know how to use an Israeli Bandage! It’s not complicated… Video and written instructions below. pressure points. A little more complicated here but basically find a pulse point which is closer to your heart than the wound. For example: A wound to your hand could be controlled by applying pressure on the artery feeding the wound. The brachial artery on the inside of your elbow, for example. You can find the pulse there now if you feel for it. It is at the antecubital fossa, you know, where they take blood. Israeli bandages come in several sizes. The smallest is 4” wide and the biggest is 12” wide. There are also many other types of ETDs. The US Military CoTCCC Guidelines don’t specify a certain ETD. Other manufacturers, such as OALES and H-Dressing, can be used instead of an Israeli bandage.

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In 1990–1991, the idea and the design were developed enough to apply for Israeli Government support from the Office of the Chief Scientist in the Ministry of Industry. The application allowed Bar-Natan to become a part of a technology incubator program in Jerusalem's Har Hotzvim, with a government grant covering 3/4 of the expenses connected to the research and development of the bandage. [1] After three additional years of development the bandage was ready for commercialization. [1] However, Bar-Natan formed First Care Products Ltd and supervised the design and production of the bandage. The secondary pad can be used to cover a larger wound area with one bandage. The extra gauze can be used as a wound dressing should the main bandage be used as a tourniquet or used as a completely new dressing.