PERSON
PERSON CAN BLEED OUT AND DIE FROM A WOUND WITHIN
MINUTES.
WITH QUICK ACTION
THOUGH, BYSTANDERS
CAN BE LIFE-
SAVERS...BYTSTABILIZI
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>>> TREATING INJURY VICTIMS, THAT IS TOUGH ENOUGH, BUT IN
SOME CASES PEOPLE CAN BLEED OUT
AND DIE FROM A WOUND WITHIN THE
MINUTES.
MINUTES.
MINUTES. WITH QUICK ACTION BYSTANDERS
CAN BECOME LIFESAVERS BY
STABILIZING A BLEED WOUND.
JUSTIN HARPER IS HERE TO TEACH
US THE EASY STEPS AND THINGS WE
NEED TO KNOW TO REMEMBER TO
STOP THE BLEED.
THAT IS A MESSAGE NOW, RIGHT,
JUSTIN?
JUSTIN?
JUSTIN? >> THAT IS RIGHT.
TODAY IS NATIONAL STOP THE
BLEED DAY.
BLEED DAY. HERE IS WHAT WE KNOW, THAT YOU
CAN BLEED TO DEATH WITHIN 3-5
MINUTES.
MINUTES.
MINUTES. SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT, WE ARE
PARAMEDICS WERE DENVER HEALTH
AND WE WILL GET THERE AS
QUICKLY AS WE CAN TO HELP YOU
IN THE CITY AND BEYOND, YOU
WILL HAVE FIRST RESPONDERS THAT
ARE RESPONDING TO HELP BUT WILL
THEY MAKE IT THERE IN THAT
TIMEFRAME?
TIMEFRAME? IT IS UNLIKELY THAT WE ARE
ALWAYS GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET
THERE WITHIN THAT SHORT PERIOD
OF TIME WHERE SOMEBODY CAN
ACTUALLY DIE.
ACTUALLY DIE. >> WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO PRESS
UPON PEOPLE?
UPON PEOPLE? WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE
NEED TO KNOW TO DO?
>> WE WANT TO TAKE PEOPLE FROM
BEING BYSTANDERS AND MAKE THEM
IMMEDIATE RESPONDERS.
IMMEDIATE RESPONDERS. SO, CALL 911 IS THE FIRST THING
AND THEN THIS MAY SOUND
INTUITIVE, BUT HOW TO RECOGNIZE
SEVERE BLEEDING.
SEVERE BLEEDING. BLEEDING THAT IS SPURTING OUT
OF A WOUND OBVIOUSLY BUT IF IT
IS SOAKING THROUGH CLOTHING,
THAT IS SEVERE.
IF IT IS PULLING ON THE GROUND,
THAT IS SEVERE.
AND IF YOU EVER HAVE A QUESTION
ABOUT IT, CONSIDER IT TO BE
SEVERE.
SEVERE.
SEVERE. YOU WOULD RATHER ACT AND TRY TO
TREAT THE PATIENT AND HELP
SOMEBODY RATHER THAN WAIT UNTIL
SOMETHING TERRIBLE HAPPENS.
SO WHAT WE WANT TO DO FIRST IS
ON THESE WOUNDS, IF WE DO NOT
HAVE A TOURNIQUET OR THESE
OTHER THINGS THE FIRST THING WE
WANT TO DO IS TO HAVE DIRECT
PRESSURE.
PRESSURE.
PRESSURE. IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING THAT
IS ABSORBENT AND YOU HAVE A
LARGER WOUND, WE JUST WANT YOU
TO PUT YOUR HAND INTO THE WIND
IF YOU CAN, FIND WHERE THE
BLEEDING IS COMING FROM, AND WE
WANT YOU TO PUT PRESSURE ON
THAT.
THAT.
THAT. THIS IS A LARGE VESSEL WOUND.
THE WHOLE IDEA HERE IS THAT
THIS IS THE TYPE OF BLEEDING
THAT IS GOING TO CAUSE DEATH.
>> CAN YOU FEEL OR FIND --
>> YOU CAN CERTAINLY FIND THE
SOURCE OF THE BLEEDING.
WE WANT YOU TO PUT DIRECT
PRESSURE ON IT.
EVEN BETTER THAN THAT.
IF YOU HAVE SOME SORT OF
MATERIAL THAT YOU CAN PACK IN
THERE.
THERE.
THERE. WE
THERE. WE WANT TO FIND WHERE THE
SOURCE OF BLEEDING IS AND THEN
WE WANT YOU TO PACK THIS
MATERIAL INTO THE WIND.
>> IF YOU HAD A T-SHIRT OR
SOMETHING YOU COULD ACTUALLY DO
THAT?
THAT?
THAT? >>
THAT? >> ABSOLUTELY.
>> ABSOLUTELY. IF YOU HAD A T-SHIRT, OR ANY
SORT OF RELATIVELY CLEAN
CLOTHING AND REALLY, THE
SURGEONS ARE GOING TO GIVE THE
PATIENT ANTIBIOTICS AND IT IS
NOT A HUGE WORRY IF IT IS NOT
STERILE.
STERILE.
STERILE. >> YOU ARE PUTTING IT IN THERE.
LET'S HAVE YOU JUST KIND OF
START PACKING THAT IN HERE.
WE WANT YOU TO START, THAT IS
RIGHT.
RIGHT.
RIGHT. AND YOU ARE HOLDING PRESSURE
THAT WHOLE TIME AND YOU'VE GOT
IT.
IT.
IT. IT
IT. IT LOOKS LIKE YOU HAVE ENOUGH
OF THAT TO HOLD PRESSURE OVER
THE TOP OF IT.
YOU KNOW HOW YOU HOLD THAT CPR
STANDS, THIS IS WHAT WE ARE
LOOKING FOR, YOUR BODY WEIGHT
RIGHT ON TOP OF IT AND HOLD THAT
.
.
. >>
. >> THIS
. >> THIS IS PROBABLY GOING TO
CAUSE SOMEONE A LOT OF PAIN AND
YOU WILL HAVE TO BE TOUGHER
THAN THEY ARE AND KEEP GOING NO
MATTER WHAT THEY SAY.
>> THAT IS IT.
HAND OVER HAND, AND KEEP THAT
PRESSURE DOWN.
PRESSURE DOWN. THAT WILL COLLAPSE THOSE
VESSELS AND STOP THAT BLEEDING.
NOW, IN A SITUATION WHERE WE
HAVE AN EXTREMITY WIND, AND ARM
OR A LEG, WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED
FROM THE MILITARY OVER THE LAST
10 YEARS, THESE, THE
TOURNIQUETS NOWADAYS ARE NEW
AND IMPROVED AND THE DATA
BEHIND THESE, SCIENCE HAS SHOWN
--
--
-- >>
-- >> THAT SEEMS LIKE A SIMPLE
DEVICE.
DEVICE.
DEVICE. >> BUT, THESE ARE HIGHLY
EFFECTIVE AND THE SIZE AND
WIDTH AND THE STRENGTH ON HERE,
THEY HAVE REALLY IMPROVED THIS
AND WE ARE SHOWING THAT THESE
ARE HIGHLY EFFECT.
>> THAT IS WHAT DENVER POLICE
ARE USING BECAUSE OF WHAT THEY
HAVE SEEN IN THOSE PREVIOUS
INCIDENTS.
INCIDENTS. >> POLICE OFFICERS CARRY THEM
FOR THEMSELVES AND IF THEY COME
ACROSS SOMEONE INJURED THEY WILL
APPLY A TOURNIQUET TO THEM AS
WELL.
WELL.
WELL. THE
WELL. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND
PARAMEDICS, SO YOU WILL SEE
MOST FIRST RESPONDERS CARRYING
THESE TOURNIQUETS.
THESE TOURNIQUETS. >> IT GOES ABOVE THE WIND?
>> YES.
>> YES.
>> YES. ABSOLUTELY.
ABSOLUTELY. WE DON'T WANT TO GET TOO
COMPLICATED ABOUT INCHES AND
WHAT WE DON'T WANT TO DO IS GO
OVER A JOINT.
WE WANT THIS TO GO AS HIGH AS
POSSIBLE.
POSSIBLE.
POSSIBLE. WE LIKE TO TELL THE POLICE
OFFICERS HIGH AND TIGHT.
WE WILL OPEN THIS UP AND IT IS
VERY SIMPLE AND ALL I'M GOING
TO DO IS SLIDE THIS OVER AND I
AM GOING AS HIGH AS I CAN AND I
WILL TIGHTEN THIS VELCRO HERE.
A REAL SIMPLE PROCESS.
YOU CAN BUY THESE ONLINE.
I WOULD SAY MAKE SURE IT IS AN
AUTHORIZED DEALER AND YOU KNOW,
THERE ARE PLENTY OF PLACES THAT
SELL THEM, YOU CAN HAVE 1-2.
YOU ARE GOING TO TIGHTEN THIS
DOWN AND WE ARE TIGHTENING IT
UNTIL BLEEDING STOPS.
THAT IS ALL THAT YOU NEED.
YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE WIND AND
TIGHTENING THIS DOWN.
YOU WILL SEE THE BLEEDING
STOPPED FROM THE WOUND.
ONCE THE BLEEDING STOPS YOU
DON'T HAVE TO TIGHTEN IT
ANYMORE.
ANYMORE.
ANYMORE. YOU WILL LET THE VICTIM OR
PATIENT KNOW THAT THE PARAMEDIC
BE THERE SOON THEY WERE GIVEN
PAIN MEDICATION BECAUSE
TOURNIQUETS ARE HIGHLY
UNCOMFORTABLE.
UNCOMFORTABLE. WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING BY.
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