Brief training of technical bleeding control skills — a pilot study with security forces

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• dc.contributor.author Manteiga-Urbón, Jose Luis
• dc.contributor.author Fernández-Méndez, Felipe
• dc.contributor.author Otero-Agra, Martín
• dc.contributor.author Fernández-Méndez, María
• dc.contributor.author Santos-Folgar, Myriam
• dc.contributor.author Insa-Calderón, Esther
• dc.contributor.author Sobrido-Prieto, María
• dc.contributor.author Barcala-Furelos, Roberto
• dc.contributor.author Martínez-Isasi, Santiago
• dc.date.accessioned 2023-06-20T06:22:38Z
• dc.date.available 2023-06-20T06:22:38Z
• dc.date.issued 2023
• dc.description.abstract Uncontrolled external bleeding is a common cause of preventable death, and due to the environment in which these events often occur, e.g., in hostile environments, the state security forces are usually the first responders, and in many cases, if they are injured their partners provide the initial assistance. The tourniquet is a fast, effective, and easy-to-learn intervention, although there is a knowledge gap concerning training techniques. The objective is to evaluate the effectiveness of a bleeding control training program on a high-fidelity mannequin in a simulated critical situation in a law enforcement training environment. A quasi-experimental study was carried out with 27 members of the state security forces. They underwent brief theoretical–practical training and were evaluated via a scenario involving a critically ill patient in a hostile environment. The results showed that no member of the state security forces completed all the tourniquet placement steps, 26 (96%) prepared the tourniquet correctly, 21 (77.8%) placed it on the leg, and all the participants adjusted the band to the thickness of the injured limb and secured the windlass to the triangular flange of the device. However, only 23 (85.2%) of the participants placed it effectively. The participants, who were members of the state security forces, were able to effectively resolve a critical situation with active bleeding in a simulation scenario with a high-fidelity mannequin after completing theoretical–practical training.
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• dc.identifier.citation Manteiga-Urbón JL, Fernández-Méndez F, Otero-Agra M, Fernández-Méndez M, Santos-Folgar M, Insa-Calderon E, et al. Brief training of technical bleeding control skills — a pilot study with security forces. IJERPH. 2023 Feb 1;20(3):2494. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph20032494
• dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20032494
• dc.identifier.issn 1661-7827
• dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/57251
• dc.language.iso eng
• dc.publisher MDPI
• dc.relation.ispartof International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2023 Feb 1;20(3):2494
• dc.rights © 2023 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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• dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• dc.subject.keyword Public health
• dc.subject.keyword Bleeding/prevention and control
• dc.subject.keyword Extremity injury
• dc.subject.keyword Tourniquet
• dc.subject.keyword Law enforcement
• dc.subject.keyword Learning
• dc.title Brief training of technical bleeding control skills — a pilot study with security forces
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