The bleeding patient with Ben Watts

In this conversation with Ben Watts we look at the sequential approach to arresting bleeding. We also examine the second/third generation haemostatic compounds (celox, quik-clot), pharmacological agents such as TXA, FFP, FDP, blood, cryoprecipitate. We also examine the utility of tourniquets (origins, usage and types), neck zones and wounds, Blunt injury and junctional wounds, Hypotensive management and Pain management modalities and preferential agents.

Ben is a specialist retrieval practitioner/CCP working in Scotland and previously as a CCP in the Thames Valley and before this in South West of England. He also has an extensive history of expedition work in various international locations, I first met Ben whilst working for World Extreme Medicine as a fellow paramedic and he has been a contributor to both WEMcast and to the College of Paramedics podcast. 

I hope you enjoy this wider ranging conversation as much as we did.