Wound Packing with Hemostatic Dressing for All Service Members
An Army combat medic demonstrates “how-to” pack a wound with a hemostatic dressing. The video covers the three types of CoTCCC-approved hemostatic dressings, determining when and how to use wound packing as a massive bleeding control measure, the importance of maintaining constant pressure and holding firm pressure for three minutes, and securing the dressing using a pressure bandage, as well as proper documentation on a DD1380 Tactical Combat Casualty Care Card.To get more news about
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This video was designed for use in the Tactical Combat Casualty Care for All Service Members Course (TCCC ASM), and is intended for nonmedical personnel.
The Joint Trauma System (JTS) establishes the standard of care for prehospital battlefield medicine for the Department of Defense. The JTS is part of the Defense Health Agency providing clinical practice guidelines and performance improvement for all levels of military trauma care.
The JTS is supported by the Committee on Tactical Combat Casualty Care (CoTCCC) which is composed of representatives from across the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines develops clinical practice guidelines for the delivery of Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) on the battlefield.
