.When paramedic McCullough arrived at the accident scene in May of 2007, he observed the victim with a deep wound to the thigh, involving a tear of the femoral artery, a life-threatening injury. Bystanders had applied a tourniquet, which was not working to stem the blood flow.
Calling on his training, McCullough applied QuikClot 1st Response to the wound, and immediately stopped the arterial bleeding. He removed the tourniquet without further bleeding, stabilizing the victim sufficiently to be airlifted to the Westchester Medical Center Trauma Center. According to RPS, the Westchester trauma team attributed the victim’s survival and good outcome to paramedic McCullough’s intervention
Quick Clot is used here. The paramedics carry it as does my vollie BLS unit. The Medic have 2 documented cases of use, ironically by the same medic. It worked. In one case it saved the woman's leg.
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