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HCA's definately have a role to play in hemorrhage control, and I look forward to new developments in HCAs.
That said, it's good to see more study being put into tourniquet protocols that allow for a quick stop to blood loss without committing to leaving the tourniquet on and sacrificing the limb.
Between HCAs and newer TQ protocols, there will hopefully be a lot less amputees out there.
Cheers.
P.S. I'm curious, never having worked the ER side of things, what assessment and treatment protocols are used when receiving a Pt. with a tourniquet? There must be assessment criteria that call for removal of the tourniquet vs. amputation. Any insight into the specifics there?
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