PULSE Magazine | March 2019 Issue

ATCEMS Tactical Medics Quarterly Training:

Junctional Tourniquet

ATCEMS tactical medics train hard and are ready for any given situation that confronts them. This specialized team of paramedics maintain their skills through rigorous quarterly training. The training for this quarter focused on Junctional Tourniquet placement in a SWAT “officer down” situation. Having only been cleared by the FDA for use in 2010, commercial junctional tourniquets are a relatively new arrival to the world of emergency and pre-hospital medicine. ATCEMS tactical medics are proud to be among the few to have this device readily available to them should the need arise.

Junctional Tourniquet for hemorrhage control is designed to control bleeding in areas where standard tourniquets would not be effective, such as IED/Blasts or high level amputations.

The Target Compression Device (TCD) is placed at or proximal to the injury site and inflated until the bleeding stops. Two TCDs can be used to occlude blood flow bi-laterally if needed.

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