Brief Training of Technical Bleeding Control Skills—A Pilot Study with Security Forces

Jose Luis Manteiga-Urbón, Felipe Fernández-Méndez (), Martín Otero-Agra, María Fernández-Méndez, Myriam Santos-Folgar, Esther Insa-Calderon, María Sobrido-Prieto, Roberto Barcala-Furelos and Santiago Martínez-Isasi
Additional contact information
Jose Luis Manteiga-Urbón: REMOSS Research Group, University of Vigo, 36005 Pontevedra, Spain
Felipe Fernández-Méndez: REMOSS Research Group, University of Vigo, 36005 Pontevedra, Spain
Martín Otero-Agra: REMOSS Research Group, University of Vigo, 36005 Pontevedra, Spain
María Fernández-Méndez: REMOSS Research Group, University of Vigo, 36005 Pontevedra, Spain
Myriam Santos-Folgar: REMOSS Research Group, University of Vigo, 36005 Pontevedra, Spain
Esther Insa-Calderon: ESIMar (Mar Nursing School), Parc de Salut Mar, Universitat Pompeu Fabra Affiliated, 08003 Barcelona, Spain
María Sobrido-Prieto: Departamento de Ciencias da Saúde, Universidade de A Coruña (UDC), Campus de Esteiro, 15403 Ferrol, Spain
Roberto Barcala-Furelos: REMOSS Research Group, University of Vigo, 36005 Pontevedra, Spain
Santiago Martínez-Isasi: Simulation and Intensive Care Unit of Santiago (SICRUS) Research Group, Health Research Institute of Santiago, University Hospital of Santiago de Compostela-CHUS, 15706 Santiago Compostela, Spain

IJERPH, 2023, vol. 20, issue 3, 1-10

Abstract: Uncontrolled external bleeding is a common cause of preventable death, and due to the environment in which these events often occur, e.g., in hostile environments, the state security forces are usually the first responders, and in many cases, if they are injured their partners provide the initial assistance. The tourniquet is a fast, effective, and easy-to-learn intervention, although there is a knowledge gap concerning training techniques. The objective is to evaluate the effectiveness of a bleeding control training program on a high-fidelity mannequin in a simulated critical situation in a law enforcement training environment. A quasi-experimental study was carried out with 27 members of the state security forces. They underwent brief theoretical–practical training and were evaluated via a scenario involving a critically ill patient in a hostile environment. The results showed that no member of the state security forces completed all the tourniquet placement steps, 26 (96%) prepared the tourniquet correctly, 21 (77.8%) placed it on the leg, and all the participants adjusted the band to the thickness of the injured limb and secured the windlass to the triangular flange of the device. However, only 23 (85.2%) of the participants placed it effectively. The participants, who were members of the state security forces, were able to effectively resolve a critical situation with active bleeding in a simulation scenario with a high-fidelity mannequin after completing theoretical–practical training.

Keywords: public health; bleeding/prevention and control; extremity injury; tourniquet; law enforcement; learning (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
References: View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/20/3/2494/pdf (application/pdf)
https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/20/3/2494/ (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:20:y:2023:i:3:p:2494-:d:1052043

Access Statistics for this article

IJERPH is currently edited by Ms. Jenna Liu

More articles in IJERPH from MDPI
Bibliographic data for series maintained by MDPI Indexing Manager ().