Page 9 - Journal of Special Operations Medicine - Winter 2016

Article of Interest Dallas “Stop the Bleed” Classes Aim to Save Lives
Wartime Lessons—Shaping a National Trauma Action Plan, Larry Collins reports that the Rees-Jones Trauma Center at
by Todd E. Rasmussen, MD, and Arthur L. Kellermann, MD, Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, Texas, is offering free
MPH. This article, which was published online on October classes to teach community members how to “Stop the Bleed.”
19, 2016, in the New England Journal of Medicine, discusses The classes are intended for everyone, including a recent group
a June 2016 report by the National Academies of Sciences, En- of Boy Scouts. Jorie Klein, RN, director of Trauma Services
gineering, and Medicine that “examined how the U.S. military explained that the classes could benefit anyone and that “the
pursued its goal of reducing morbidity and mortality after in- person that you probably are going to be caring for is your
jury and the implications that its work might have for improv- own family.”
ing care in civilian settings. The report provides a blueprint
for change in national health policy and calls for a National • Instructors encourage having a “Stop the Bleed” bag in
Trauma Care System aimed at eliminating preventable deaths your home, office, and car that includes the following:
and disabilities caused by accidents, intentional acts of vio- • Tourniquets – three in each bag
lence, and natural disasters.” Copyright ©2016 Massachusetts • Hemostatic gauze (QuikClot Combat Gauze) – three in
Medical Society, doi:10.1056/NEJMp1607636 each bag
• CPR mask, one-way valve, EMT grade – two in each bag
• Blanket
• Bottles of water
• Flashlight/batteries
• Glow sticks

The full report is available at:
http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Stop-the-Bleed-classes
-offered-in-Dallas-could-save-lives-399279681.html

Evaluation of Models of Pneumatic Tourniquet

in Simulated Out-of-Hospital Use

John J. Kragh Jr, MD; James K. Aden 3d, PhD; Michael A. Dubick, PhD

Figure 5 was presented incorrectly in the Fall 2016 issue; the correct figure is given below (original article: J Spec
Oper Med. 2016;16:21–29).
Figure 5 Pump count, by tourniquet model.

The fifth and 95th percentiles are represented by the whiskers. Box
tops are 75th percentiles, box bottoms are 25th percentiles, the box
cross-line represents the median, and the hashed line represents the
mean. TPT3 has 5th and 25th percentiles overlaid and 75th and 95th
percentiles overlaid.

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