Effective home-made occlusive dressing ideas

[mycrofft]

Have 'mummified' people to a backboard in numerous rigorous practise settings with seran wrap around the chest- and it didn't restrict/hinder breathing at all. even rotated them 360 degrees several times- we even found some skinny/fat people from another military branch to practise on and positive results on those body types

Good work. But some people will shut down when you lay them supine without any constriction or injury at all. Yeah, if it is done just right, it is quite occlusive. (PS: left on for long periods, say, overnight, it will also encoutage growth of bacteria, including facultative and strict anaerobes.

Anyone remember the trick of using a glove with a very small hole in the end of one finger as a half-arsed Heimlich valve?

Or rolling the pt onto the affected side?

 

[irishboxer384]

Good work. But some people will shut down when you lay them supine without any constriction or injury at all. Yeah, if it is done just right, it is quite occlusive. (PS: left on for long periods, say, overnight, it will also encoutage growth of bacteria, including facultative and strict anaerobes.

Anyone remember the trick of using a glove with a very small hole in the end of one finger as a half-arsed Heimlich valve?

Or rolling the pt onto the affected side?

For 'normal' situations I definitely agree, it would be a decent option if for some reason there was nothing else available however. Not to thread jack but it would be cool to see what ideas or experiences people have had with improvised medical equipment/treatment people have, not just limited to occlusive dressings?

 

[lifeway]

I've used the sterile side of the wrapper taped down from iv solution bags for an occlusive dressing.