Improvised Tourniquets: Efficacy of Space Blanket Solutions

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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