Swat-T Tourniquet
Stretch, Wrap And Tuck
The stretch, wrap, and tuck tourniquet (SWAT) can also be used as a pressure bandage or elastic wrap. It allows a rapid means to control bleeding thus helping to prevent loss of life.
The SWAT-Tourniquet™
is a durable, multipurpose and unique dressing, in that it allows a
more rapid means to control extremity bleeding, can be applied higher into
the groin area, and can be administered by individuals in a matter of
seconds with little to no prior training.
The
SWAT-Tourniquet™ name provides a
description for its usage... Stretch, Wrap, And Tuck, but also the
communities for whom it was developed - military and civilian Special
Weapons and Tactics teams. These teams operate in an environment that has a
high incidence of penetrating trauma, and most (two-thirds) of preventable
deaths in the operational environment are from extremity bleeding.
The SWAT-Tourniquet™ has been advanced aged
and heat/cold tested, and comes at a third of the cost and weight of other
combat used tourniquets, making this infallible tourniquet a viable choice
of every tactical operator. It also has an extended shelf life up to 10
years
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Tourniquet:
A tourniquet is to be
applied when bleeding is severe (arterial) and loss of life is of greatest
concern. In most patients tourniquets have proven to be safe for a minimum
of two hours. When used properly all tourniquets may cause loss of limb.
This is a necessary risk, to bring our patients home at the end of the day.
Pressure Dressing:
The SWAT-T™ can and should be
used as a pressure dressing. When hemorrhage is controlled or for venous and
capillary oozing. Place your sterile dressing (or standard gauze /
hemostatic dressing) then wrap the SWAT-T™ around the area of injury. You
can then tuck or tape the end, which will maintain pressure on the wound
(preventing further contamination and re-bleeding). If the endpoints are met
on the dressing you may have a tourniquet and should check for good blood
return in the extremity (pulse and capillary refill), or you risk the
complications associated with all tourniquets. Pressure dressings should be
left in place until definitive wound management can be accomplished.
Elastic Bandage:
The SWAT-T™ can and should be used
as an elastic bandage. Use the dressing to hold ice near sprains and
strains, stabilize a twisted knee/ankle, or to sling a shoulder. The
dressing can also be used to loosely apply pressure across the chest or
abdomen. This can be to help close and protect wounds, contain abdominal
contents in evisceration, or to assist in stabilization of the pelvis in
blunt pelvic trauma. The SWAT-T™ can be used to splint an extremity to the
body, other leg, or to a rigid object for immobilization.
Background:
The SWAT-T™ was developed by a former Operator/Medic
with 14 years experience in Operational Medicine -former USAF Pararescue
Journeyman (Para-Jumper or PJ)), Contractor DoJ/FBI SWAT Operations,
National Registry Paramedic, and Emergency Medicine Physician.