Emergency Tourniquets
Abstract
There is currently a good deal of interest relating to tourniquet use for hemorrhage control after trauma. So we were pleased to see the recent article entitled, A Balanced Approach to Tourniquet Use: Lessons Learned and Relearned, by Welling and coauthors in the July 2006 issue. The stated intent of the article was to review historical data and comment about modern tourniquet use. But the authors did not include several critical, informative, peer-reviewed articles. In addition, several important articles were published between the time of acceptance and actual publication. The literature review was incomplete and omitted a number of articles that deal with the issues the authors sought to review. These include articles dealing with military tourniquet use, testing, use recommendations, and data on tourniquet use in the field. In the portion dealing with World War II, they did not include the seminal article by Wolff and Adkins, which documented more than 200 cases of tourniquet use in a single winter during World War II.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2007
- Accession Number
- ADA627886
Entities
People
- Alec C. Beekley
- David G. Baer
- John B Holcomb
- Lee C. Cancio
- Thomas J. Walters
Organizations
- United States Army Institute of Surgical Research