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‘CULT’ OF TOURNIQUETS CAUSING THOUSANDS OF UNNECESSARY AMPUTATIONS AND DEATHS IN UKRAINE, SAY SURGEONS
>The strong bands are used to stop catastrophic bleeding – but if left on for too long they can cause tissue death
>Captain Rom A Stevens, a retired senior US medical navy officer who has served in Iraq, Afghanistan, and East Africa, estimates that of the roughly 100,000 amputations performed on Ukrainian soldiers since Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022, as many as 75,000 were caused by improper use of tourniquets. “I’ve seen tourniquets that have been left on for days, often for injuries that could have been stopped by other methods. Then [the patient] has to have their limb amputated because the tissue has died,”
>The device became standard-issue in the 2000s wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, where rapid air evacuation to military surgical teams was possible in under 60 minutes. If the tourniquet was unnecessary it was removed, and no harm was done.
>But in Ukraine, where the skies are infested with drones, injured soldiers are evacuated by land, often far exceeding the safe time window for tourniquet use.
>It has also led to a sharp rise in young Ukrainians needing dialysis, said Captain Stevens who has served as a medical volunteer in hospitals in Zaporizhzhiya, Dnipro, and L’viv since the invasion in 2022. This is because when a tourniquet is removed after being kept on too long, toxins from dead tissue flood the bloodstream, overwhelming the kidneys.
>“When a [Ukrainian] soldier is injured in the field, they’re usually taken care of by other soldiers in a panic,” he said. “They see blood. They put on tourniquets because they have tourniquets. We gave them tourniquets.”
>An updated version of the Ukrainian TCCC disseminated to the armed forces in January 2024 specifically reads: “Place the tourniquet “high and tight” on the wounded extremity.”
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‘CULT’ OF TOURNIQUETS CAUSING THOUSANDS OF UNNECESSARY AMPUTATIONS AND DEATHS IN UKRAINE, SAY SURGEONS
>The strong bands are used to stop catastrophic bleeding – but if left on for too long they can cause tissue death
>Captain Rom A Stevens, a retired senior US medical navy officer who has served in Iraq, Afghanistan, and East Africa, estimates that of the roughly 100,000 amputations performed on Ukrainian soldiers since Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022, as many as 75,000 were caused by improper use of tourniquets. “I’ve seen tourniquets that have been left on for days, often for injuries that could have been stopped by other methods. Then [the patient] has to have their limb amputated because the tissue has died,”
>The device became standard-issue in the 2000s wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, where rapid air evacuation to military surgical teams was possible in under 60 minutes. If the tourniquet was unnecessary it was removed, and no harm was done.
>But in Ukraine, where the skies are infested with drones, injured soldiers are evacuated by land, often far exceeding the safe time window for tourniquet use.
>It has also led to a sharp rise in young Ukrainians needing dialysis, said Captain Stevens who has served as a medical volunteer in hospitals in Zaporizhzhiya, Dnipro, and L’viv since the invasion in 2022. This is because when a tourniquet is removed after being kept on too long, toxins from dead tissue flood the bloodstream, overwhelming the kidneys.
>“When a [Ukrainian] soldier is injured in the field, they’re usually taken care of by other soldiers in a panic,” he said. “They see blood. They put on tourniquets because they have tourniquets. We gave them tourniquets.”
>An updated version of the Ukrainian TCCC disseminated to the armed forces in January 2024 specifically reads: “Place the tourniquet “high and tight” on the wounded extremity.”
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https://archive.md/PZdpk
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