Hemorrhage Control, Tourniquets and Episode 473




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Summary: Shorter U.S. life expectancies, Afib dangers for women, do tighter EMS protocols work, and we’ll have a special look at hemorrhage control and tourniquet use in a crossover episode from the Disaster Podcast. If that’s what you’re looking for, you found it, right here on this week’s episode of the MedicCast.<br> The MedicCast is a proud member of the <a title="ProMed Network site" href="http://promednetwork.com/" target="_blank">ProMed Podcast Network</a>.<br> <a href="http://studentloangroup.us/podcast"></a>This episode is sponsored in part by our student loan consolidation and forgiveness partners at <a href="http://StudentLoanGroup.us/podcast" target="_blank">StudentLoanGroup.us/podcast</a>. And also brought to you by <a title="Med Math Book" href="http://medmathsimplified.com" target="_blank">Med Math Simplified</a>. Check out the new book for nurses, students and other medical professionals on Amazon, or your favorite bookseller online. Get it on <a title="Amazon Med Math Simplified link" href="http://www.amazon.com/s/?_encoding=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;field-keywords=med%20math%20simplified&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;sprefix=med%20mat%2Caps%2C169&amp;tag=themediccastp-20&amp;url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&amp;linkId=PEOAZ4JTRW3TJGOA">Amazon.com</a>.<br> MedicCast Episode 473<br> Good day and welcome to this week’s episode of the MedicCast. I’m your host, Jamie Davis the Podmedic and I’d like to welcome you to this week’s show. In this week’s EMS news items including a look at why Americans have shorter life expectancies when compared to other industrialized countries. Can EMS do anything to improve these death rates?<br> Then in this week’s special tip segment we have a discussion on hemorrhage and bleeding control with tools like tourniquets from the Disaster Podcast. There are numerous tools on the market to manage severe bleeding including several commercial tourniquets. Which ones are best? We’ll find out later in the show after the news.<br> Also, I’ll be recording interviews in the <a href="http://Physio-Control.com" target="_blank">Physio-Control booth</a> at <a href="http://emstoday.com" target="_blank">EMS Today</a> at the end of this month and I want to meet you so come by and say hi and check out the amazing EMS patient care tools from Physio while you’re there. I look forward to seeing you.<br> News:<br> <a href="http://consumer.healthday.com/senior-citizen-information-31/misc-death-and-dying-news-172/why-americans-have-shorter-lives-than-those-in-similar-nations-707893.html" target="_blank">Americans Have Shorter Life Expectancies, But Why?</a><br> <a href="http://consumer.healthday.com/women-s-health-information-34/misc-women-s-problem-news-707/common-irregular-heart-beat-may-pose-bigger-threat-to-women-than-men-707195.html" target="_blank">Afib Heart Rhythm More Dangerous For Women</a><br> <a href="http://www.ems1.com/ems-management/articles/22968048-Restrictive-EMS-protocols-increase-likelihood-of-deviation/" target="_blank">Tighter EMS Protocols Equals Less Effective Medical Care</a><br> —<br> EMS Tip of the Week: Hemorrhage Control and Tourniquets<br> <a href="http://www.mediccast.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Tactical-tourniquet.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-9551"></a>Managing hemorrhage control with a tourniquet and other EMS response tools and other quick-response tools takes in-depth training. The Disaster Podcast team returns this week with a crossover segment where I chat with Dr. Joe Holley from <a href="http://paragonmedicalgroup.com" target="_blank">Paragon Medical Education Group</a> about what it takes for effective hemorrhage control and when should we jump right to tourniquets.<br> We also talk about practicing the use of various tourniquets and which might be most effective. Remember, the Disaster Podcast is an audio podcast so for those of you watching the MedicCast video,