Educating the Educator: Use of Advanced Bleeding Control Mechanisms in Athletic Training: A Shift in the Thought Process of Prehospital Care—Part 2: Hemostatic Agents

Payne, Ellen K.; Berry, David; Seitz, S. Robert

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“…10 Hemostatic dressings are gauzelike dressings containing an agent to enhance the natural clotting cascade and are used to supplement traditional wound packing materials to promote clot formation while providing direct pressure. 11,12 There are 3 primary types of hemostatic dressings: factor concentrators, mucoadhesive agents, and procoagulant supplementers. Factor concentrators absorb fluid content in the blood while simultaneously promoting clot formation; examples of these include QuikClot (Z-Medica, Newington, CT) and Trauma-Dex (MedaFor Inc, Minneapolis, MN).…”

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“…Hemostatic dressings can stop bleeding within 2 minutes, do not require any mixing or other preparation, are simple to apply, and are inexpensive. 12 Wound packing has historically been used in the military setting and is now becoming more prevalent in tactical EMS and civilian EMS teams. 9 The American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma has recommended that prehospital personnel are trained in hemostatic agents, proper wound packing, and pressure application techniques to enhance patient outcomes.…”

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When Direct Pressure Is Not Enough: An Educational Technique for Teaching Wound Packing in Athletic Training Education

Thrasher

Strapp²

2021

Athletic Training Education Journal

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Context Uncontrolled hemorrhage is a major cause of preventable death. Wound care and managing external hemorrhage are important skills for athletic trainers. Objective Describe a laboratory activity used to allow students to practice managing uncontrolled external hemorrhage and wound packing. Background The prevalence of active shooter and other mass casualty events has grown, and a trend to move military-based emergency skills into civilian casualty care has emerged. Athletic trainers are uniquely positioned to respond to catastrophic events at the time of injury. Controlling hemorrhage and rapidly applying a tourniquet or administering wound packing have a great effect in preventing death due to severe hemorrhage. Description An educational technique using a pork shoulder was implemented to provide students with experience in wound packing. Clinical Advantage(s) Students describe this activity as a beneficial way to gain experience on an important skill not often seen in the clinical education setting. Conclusion(s) Faculty may consider implementing wound packing using a pork shoulder as a laboratory activity when teaching wound care and external hemorrhage management.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%