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Even the military is coming around to this needing to be changed.

 



Death Ignores theGolden HourThe Argument for Mobile,Farther-Forward Surgery
 
Really interesting video; I'm very out of the loop on the TCCC stuff.

Synthetic blood substitutes have been looked at for many years and would clearly be a game changer for some battlefield patients, but many casualties would still require early damage control surgery which realistically will never be available on a consistent basis without evac. There just aren't nearly enough trauma surgeons to embed at the platoon or even company level. I have serious doubts about the utility or practicality of automated nerve block devices on the battlefield - it seems to me that updated pharmacologic approaches to pain management are far more practical and versatile in the field.
 
Really interesting video; I'm very out of the loop on the TCCC stuff.

Synthetic blood substitutes have been looked at for many years and would clearly be a game changer for some battlefield patients, but many casualties would still require early damage control surgery which realistically will never be available on a consistent basis without evac. There just aren't nearly enough trauma surgeons to embed at the platoon or even company level. I have serious doubts about the utility or practicality of automated nerve block devices on the battlefield - it seems to me that updated pharmacologic approaches to pain management are far more practical and versatile in the field.
The TCCC stuff is what the Military uses and it's being filtered down to the civilian EMS. Think of 9 line medevac request and they use an assessment tool call MARCH

Here's sources

Committee on Tactical Combat Casualty Care (CoTCCC)​


Tactical Trauma Assesment

 
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