Management of Extreme Bleeding
Master extreme bleeding control in remote settings: from direct pressure to the tourniquet, through to conversion. A practical module built on the decision algorithm and real clinical cases.
Controlling bleeding: core principles
The decision-making algorithm
Direct pressure
Reaching the source: targeted compression and wound packing
Overview of Advanced Methods (links to videos)
The tourniquet: principles and indications
Standard (military-type) and improvised tourniquets: application
Soft and multi-purpose tourniquets - compression devices : application
Tourniquet conversion
Hemostatic dressings
Synthesis: tourniquet use
Building your bleeding control kit
Kits adapted to each context
Special situations: anticoagulants and clotting disorders
Introduction: Learning Through Cases
Clinical Case: Amputation at a Mineral Exploration Camp
Neck Wound From a Projected Fragment
Penetrating Trauma to the Thigh (firearm)
Impaled Foreign Body (Crossbow Bolt) 🦌 CONTEXT — Hunting
Groin Impalement (Mountain Bike Fall)
Hemorrhage Without a Kit (trail running)
Successful Tourniquet Conversion (Canoe Camping)
Failed Conversion — A Single Attempt
Decision Synthesis: Connecting all the Cases