Hemostasis
“Because hemorrhage is the most common cause of shock in the trauma casualty, the prehospital care provider’s approach should be to consider all shock as hemorrhagic until proven otherwise.”
Prehospital Trauma Life Support , 6th Edition, 2007
Tourniquets
Beekley: JoT Feb. Supp. 2008:
Prehospital Tourniquet Use in Operation Iraqi Freedom: Effect on Hemorrhage Control and Outcomes. Butler: Military Medicine TCCC 2007:
Tactical Combat Casualty Care 2007: Evolving Concepts and Battlefield Experience. Doyle: PreHospital Emergency Care June 2008:
Touniquets: A Review of Current Use with Proposals for Expanded PreHospital Use Kauvar: Critical Care 2005:
Review - The epidemiology and modern management of traumatic hemorrhage: US and international perspectives. Kragh: JOT Feb. Supp. 2008:
Practical Use of Emergency Tourniquets to Stop Bleeding in Major Limb Trauma.Pelvic Stabilization
Hemostasis Agents
Butler: Military Medicine TCCC 2007:
Tactical Combat Casualty Care 2007: Evolving Concepts and Battlefield Experience. Rhee: JoT April 2008:
QuikClot Use in Trauma for Hemorrhage Control: Case Series of 103 Documented Uses.