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Comparison of surf lifesaver pressure point control and a commercial arterial tourniquet for major lower limb haemorrhage: A randomised controlled crossover pilot trial

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EMERGENCY MEDICINE AUSTRALASIA
Volume -, Issue -, Pages -

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WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/1742-6723.14307

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femoral artery; haemostatic technique; massive haemorrhage; pressure point; tourniquet

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This pilot study compared the ability of non-medically trained surf lifesavers (SLS) to occlude the femoral artery using a pressure point (PP) versus an arterial tourniquet (AT) after infographic training. The results showed that SLS training with infographics resulted in superior blood flow occlusion using the pressure point.
ObjectiveThis pilot study compared non-medically trained surf lifesavers' (SLS) ability, after infographic training, to occlude the femoral artery using a pressure point (PP) versus an arterial tourniquet (AT).MethodsUsing a crossover design, eight SLS applied PP and AT to a participant's leg to occlude the femoral artery. Arterial flow, application time and perceived difficulty were recorded.ResultsPP achieved 89.7% and 50.8% blood flow reduction for PP and AT, respectively. Average application time was 50.63 and 113.5 s for PP and AT, respectively. Perceived difficulty using a Likert scale from 0 to 10 (0 being no difficulty and 10 being maximal difficulty) was 2.75 and 3.50 for PP and AT, respectively.ConclusionInfographic-trained SLS showed superior blood flow occlusion using PP. This pilot study will inform a larger trial for untrained beachgoers.

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