Tourniquet use at the Boston Marathon bombing: Lost in translation

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 594-599

  King, David Richard ^a   Larentzakis, Andreas ^a   Ramly, Elie P ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

bomb; Boston; extremity; prehospital; Tourniquet

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BOMB; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EXSANGUINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; LEG AMPUTATION; LEG INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; TOURNIQUET; TRAUMATIC AMPUTATION; UNITED STATES; ARM INJURIES; BLAST INJURIES; HEMORRHAGE; LEG INJURIES; MIDDLE AGED; TERRORISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARM INJURIES; BLAST INJURIES; BOSTON; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LEG INJURIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TERRORISM; TOURNIQUETS; TRAUMA CENTERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84924178193     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0000000000000561     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. Welling DR, McKay PL, Rasmussen TE, Rich NM. A brief history of the tourniquet. J Vasc Surg. 2012;55(1):286-290
2. Kragh JF Jr., Swan KG, Smith DC, Mabry RL, Blackbourne LH. Historical review of emergency tourniquet use to stop bleeding. Am J Surg. 2012; 203(2):242-252
3. Kragh JF Jr., O'Neill ML, Walters TJ, Dubick MA, Baer DG, Wade CE, Holcomb JB, Blackbourne LH. Minor morbidity with emergency tourniquet use to stop bleeding in severe limb trauma: research, history, and reconciling advocates and abolitionists. Mil Med. 2011;176(7):817-823
4. King DR, van der Wilden G, Kragh JF Jr., Blackbourne LH. Forward assessment of 79 prehospital battlefield tourniquets used in the current war. J Spec Oper Med. 2012;12(4):33-38
5. Beekley AC, Sebesta JA, Blackbourne LH, Herbert GS, Kauvar DS, Baer DG, Walters TJ, Mullenix PS, Holcomb JB. 31st Combat Support Hospital Research Group. Prehospital tourniquet use in Operation Iraqi Freedom: effect on hemorrhage control and outcomes. J Trauma. 2008; 64(Suppl 2):S28YS37
6. Kragh JF Jr, Walters TJ, Baer DG, Fox CJ, Wade CE, Salinas J, Holcomb JB. Survival with emergency tourniquet use to stop bleeding in major limb trauma. Ann Surg. 2009;249(1):1-7
7. Kragh JF Jr, Littrel ML, Jones JA, Walters TJ, Baer DG, Wade CE, Holcomb JB. Battle casualty survival with emergency tourniquet use to stop limb bleeding. J Emerg Med. 2011;41(6):590-597
8. Lakstein D, Blumenfeld A, Sokolov T, Lin G, Bssorai R, Lynn M, Ben-AbrahamR. Tourniquets for hemorrhage control on the battlefield: a 4-year accumulated experience. J Trauma. 2003;54(Suppl 5):S221YS225
9. KapurGB, Hutson HR, Davis MA, Rice PL. The United States twenty-year experience with bombing incidents: implications for terrorism preparedness and medical response. J Trauma. 2005;59(6):1436-1444
10. Gates JD, Arabian S, Biddinger P, Blansfield J, Burke P, Chung S, Fischer J, Friedman F, Gervasini A, Goralnick E, Gupta A, Larentzakis A, et al. The initial response to the Boston Marathon bombing: lessons learned to prepare for the next disaster. Ann Surg. 2014;260(6):960-966
11. Kalish J, Burke P, Feldman J, Agarwal S, Glantz A, Moyer P, Serino R, Hirsch E. The return of tourniquets. Original research evaluates the effectiveness of prehospital tourniquets for civilian penetrating extremity injuries. JEMS. 2008;33(8):44-46, 49-50, 52, 54
12. D'Alleyrand JCG, Dutton RP, Pollak AN. Extrapolation of battlefield resuscitative care to the civilian setting. J SurgOrthopAdv. 2010;19(1):62-69
13. Evaluation of self-applied tourniquets for combat applications, second phase. Available at: http://archive.rubicon-foundation.org/xmlui/handle/123456789/6870?show=full. Accessed September 19, 2013
14. Passos E, Dingley B, Smith A, Engels PT, Ball CG, Faidi S, Nathens A, Tien H; Canadian Trauma Trials Collaborative. Tourniquet use for peripheral vascular injuries in the civilian setting. Injury. 2014;45(3):573-577
15. Duchesne JC, Islam TM, Stuke L, Timmer JR, Barbeau JM, Marr AB, Hunt JP, Dellavolpe JD, Wahl G, Greiffenstein P, et al. Hemostatic resuscitation during surgery improves survival in patients with traumaticinduced coagulopathy. J Trauma. 2009;67(1):33-37; discussion 37-39
16. DorlacWC, DeBakey ME, Holcomb JB, Fagan SP, Kwong KL, Dorlac GR, Schreiber MA, Persse DE, Moore FA, Mattox KL. Mortality from isolated civilian penetrating extremity injury. J Trauma. 2005;59(1):217-222
17. Wall PL, Duevel DC, Hassan MB, Welander JD, Sahr SM, Buising CM. Tourniquets and occlusion: the pressure of design. Mil Med. 2013;178(5): 578-587
18. Wall PL, Welander JD, Singh A, Sidwell RA, Buising CM. Stretch and wrap style tourniquet effectiveness with minimal training. Mil Med. 2012;177(11):1366-1373
19. Ingalls N, Zonies D, Bailey JA, Martin KD, Iddins BO, Carlton PK, Hanseman D, Branson R, Dorlac W, Johannigman J. A review of the first 10 years of critical care aeromedical transport during Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom: the importance of evacuation timing. JAMA Surg. 2014;149(8):807-813
20. Ball CG,Williams BH, Tallah C, Salomone JP, Feliciano DV. The impact of shorter prehospital transport times on outcomes in patients with abdominal vascular injuries. J Trauma Manag Outcomes. 2013;7(1):11
21. Crandall M, Sharp D, Unger E, Straus D, Brasel K, Hsia R, Esposito T. Trauma deserts: distance from a trauma center, transport times, and mortality from gunshot wounds in Chicago. Am J Public Health. 2013; 103(6):1103-1109
22. Bulger EM, Guffey D, Guyette FX, MacDonald RD, Brasel K, Kerby JD, Minei JP, Warden C, Rizoli S, Morrison LJ, Nichol G; Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium Investigators. Impact of prehospital mode of transport after severe injury: a multicenter evaluation from the Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2012;72(3): 567-573; discussion 573-575
23. Jacobs LM, McSwain NE Jr, Rotondo MF, Wade D, Fabbri W, Eastman AL, Butler FK Jr., Sinclair J; Joint Committee to Create a National Policy to Enhance Survivability from Mass Casualty Shooting Events. Improving survival from active shooter events: the Hartford Consensus. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2013;74(6):1399-1400
24. Bulger EM, Snyder D, Schoelles K, Gotschall C, Dawson D, Lang E, Sanddal ND, Butler FK, Fallat M, Taillac P, et al. An evidence-based prehospital guideline for external hemorrhage control: American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma. Prehosp Emerg Care. 2014; 18(2):163-173.