H&H Medical SWAT-T Tourniquet™

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Emergency Pressure Dressing | K9 Tourniquet | Trauma Care

The H&H Medical SWAT-T Tourniquet™ is a unique multipurpose emergency tool. The name provides a description for usage - Stretch, Wrap, And Tuck, in close association to the communities for whom it was developed, military and civilian Special Weapons and Tactics teams.

Law enforcement, Military, and Search & Rescue teams often operate in adverse and unkown environments with a high incidence of penetrating trauma, where nearly two-thirds of preventable deaths are from extremity bleeding. The H&H Medical SWAT-Tourniquet™ allows a more rapid means to control severe bleeding. Not only has the SWAT-T saved human life in the field, but on many occasions the tourniquet has been used to control the bleeding in severe canine trauma, saving K9 partners.

Its ease of application is one of its greatest benefits. individuals can effectively apply the turniquet in seconds, with little to no prior training. At a third of the cost and weight of other combat tourniquets, the SWAT-T™ should find its way into the hands of every K9 handler and military working dog operator.

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, and for up to 6 hours without problems. 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 to be controlled, or for venous and capillary oozing. Place your sterile dressing (or standard gauze) then wrap the SWAT-T around the extremity. 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 (example: ACE Wrap). 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 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, leg, or to a rigid object for immobilization.