Wilderness Medicine Updates
The podcast for medical providers at the edges, bringing you digestible updates at the growing edge of Wilderness Medicine, Wilderness EMS, Search and Rescue, and more.
Wilderness Medicine Updates
Ep. 10 - Tourniquets from Space Blankets
In this episode, I discuss the article "Arterial Occlusion Effectiveness of Space Blanket-Improvised Tourniquets for the Remote Setting". In this short blast I get into the meat of this article, and though the authors would tell you that space blankets aren't ready for primetime, I have some thoughts on the matter.
In the podcast, I mistakenly say that you need to be a WMS member to access this article, but you don't! It's available open access here:
https://www.wemjournal.org/article/S1080-6032(23)00043-1/fulltext
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