Use of the Abdominal Aortic Tourniquet for Hemorrhage Control

Abstract

Uncontrolled hemorrhage continues to be a leading cause of fatal injuries on the modern battlefield. Uncontrolled pelvic andinguinal bleeding is a leading preventable cause of death. This project is designed to study a new hemorrhage control device(Abdominal Aortic Tourniquet AAT) to control this kind of hemorrhage in a worst case scenario injury model(hemicorporectomy). Using a porcine model the AAT will be compared to conventional hemorrhage control using Combat Gauze and pressure dressing.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2016
Accession Number
AD1018869

Entities

People

  • Richard B. Schwartz

Organizations

  • Augusta University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abdomen
  • Abstracts
  • Anesthesia
  • Arteries
  • Bandages
  • Battlefields
  • Biomedical Research
  • Blood
  • Blood Flow
  • Blood Vessels
  • Emergency Medicine
  • Emergency Treatment
  • Lower Extremity
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Medicine
  • Vascular Diseases
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

Readers

  • Trauma Surgery or Emergency Medicine.