Pedro G R Teixeira, Carlos V R Brown, Brent Emigh, Michael Long, Michael Foreman, Brian Eastridge, Stephen Gale, Michael S Truitt, Sharmila Dissanaike, Therese Duane, John Holcomb, Alex Eastman, Justin Regner
BACKGROUND: Tourniquet use has been proven to reduce mortality on the battlefield. Although empirically transitioned to the civilian environment, data substantiating survival benefit attributable to civilian tourniquet use is lacking. We hypothesized that civilian prehospital tourniquet use is associated with reduced mortality in patients with peripheral vascular injuries. STUDY DESIGN: We conducted a multicenter retrospective review of all patients sustaining peripheral vascular injuries admitted to 11 Level I trauma centers (January 2011 through December 2016)...
May 2018: Journal of the American College of Surgeons