Israeli Battle Dressings

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Lets discuss pressure dressings. Many people are fond of the Israeli Battle Dressing. I know there are other brands of the same type as all basically a commercial pressure dressing. I have personally used the Israeli dressing on gun shot wounds, with success. I have used them in conjunction with Quick Clot as well and that was very successful as a combination. Anyone use them and have any advice on them or recommendations? I carry one of the 4 inch ones in my IFAks.

Here is s link to a video on the IBD

 
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What particular advice or recommendations are you looking for? Use/employment? Brands? I'd like to keep tabs on this, but trying to make sure I've got the requisites to comment ;)
 
The Olaes is supposed to be a good improvement. I have a couple, but haven't had a chance to experiment... I think TacMed is here in SC somewhere.
 
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georgel said:
The Olaes is supposed to be a good improvement. I have a couple, but haven't had a chance to experiment... I think TacMed is here in SC somewhere.
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I use the Olaes at work and like it for all the reasons mentioned in the video. The fact that it has removable gauze and an occlusive dressing make it more versatile.
You can make the pressure cup more effective by applying the twisting wrap motion used with the Israeli dressing.

They both work well on areas of junctional or non compressible hemorrhage.

If I had to pick two things to put in my pocket it would be a CAT and one of these.

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Cpippen said:
Lets discuss pressure dressings. Many people are fond of the Israeli Battle Dressing. I know there are other brands of the same type as all basically a commercial pressure dressing. I have personally used the Israeli dressing on gun shot wounds, with success. I have used them in conjunction with Quick Clot as well and that was very successful as a combination. Anyone use them and have any advice on them or recommendations? I carry one of the 4 inch ones in my IFAks.

Here is s link to a video on the IBD

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They are obviously professionals, I have know because of their $20 Condor Tactical Load Bearing Vests.


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Hey they are medical operators lol
 
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NCMedic said:
I use the Olaes at work and like it for all the reasons mentioned in the video. The fact that it has removable gauze and an occlusive dressing make it more versatile.
You can make the pressure cup more effective by applying the twisting wrap motion used with the Israeli dressing.

They both work well on areas of junctional or non compressible hemorrhage.

If I had to pick two things to put in my pocket it would be a CAT and one of these.

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I've also seen where you slide the bar underneath a couple of layers and twist for compression like a TQ.
 
never used one for a gunshot injury....BUT i did use one last month for a sting-ray puncture which hit the arcuate and bled ~44mL.

here's the story: Holden Beach with the whole Famdamily. victim (Ginger, and her mom was named Ginger, too) apparently steps
on a sting-ray or skate or something like that which Hits the Top of her Foot with its barb. bleeding bad...squirting...my nephew says
"this woman cut her foot real bad". she puts her foot in our cooler (icy slush with condiments) to rinse off and reveal the hole.
a towel-dry and the applied Kotex did its job, with a pressure dressing of QuikClot and Duct Tape, then off to the ER for a tetanus shot.
no stitches, no pain-killers, just a bruise and a band-aid. here's what i learned from the ER: HOT water and vinegar (not urine) relieves the pain.
 
I actually used an Israeli last weekend. A guy ripped his arm open on a barbed wire type fence. He wrapped it with duct tape because that's all he had. He drove to the FD and asked us to dress it so that he wouldn't bleed everywhere as he drove to the urgent care. So we dressed it with an IBD and he refused any other help and wanted to go to the urgent care for stitches and a tetanus.
 
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NCMedic said:
I use the Olaes at work and like it for all the reasons mentioned in the video. The fact that it has removable gauze and an occlusive dressing make it more versatile.
You can make the pressure cup more effective by applying the twisting wrap motion used with the Israeli dressing.

They both work well on areas of junctional or non compressible hemorrhage.

If I had to pick two things to put in my pocket it would be a CAT and one of these.

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I have no experience with the Olaes bandage but it looks neat and may be worth the investment.
 
turkeydance said:
never used one for a gunshot injury....BUT i did use one last month for a sting-ray puncture which hit the arcuate and bled ~44mL.

here's the story: Holden Beach with the whole Famdamily. victim (Ginger, and her mom was named Ginger, too) apparently steps
on a sting-ray or skate or something like that which Hits the Top of her Foot with its barb. bleeding bad...squirting...my nephew says
"this woman cut her foot real bad". she puts her foot in our cooler (icy slush with condiments) to rinse off and reveal the hole.
a towel-dry and the applied Kotex did its job, with a pressure dressing of QuikClot and Duct Tape, then off to the ER for a tetanus shot.
no stitches, no pain-killers, just a bruise and a band-aid. here's what i learned from the ER: HOT water and vinegar (not urine) relieves the pain.
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Like scalp wounds, foot wounds look bad but are rarely as bad as they look. Good on you for controlling it, the QuikClot was overkill.

BTW, urine (like vinegar) is an alkaline, so it could work. But vinegar is far better for a bunch of reasons.
 
Cpippen said:
I actually used an Israeli last weekend. A guy ripped his arm open on a barbed wire type fence. He wrapped it with duct tape because that's all he had. He drove to the FD and asked us to dress it so that he wouldn't bleed everywhere as he drove to the urgent care. So we dressed it with an IBD and he refused any other help and wanted to go to the urgent care for stitches and a tetanus.
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Did you have any issue with the duct tape? I was warned that duct tape can be a real problem due to over adhesion and difficulty of removal, especially if it's been on a while. You can end up re-opening a wound.
 
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No, the guy had an older roll in his truck or tractor and basically pulled a small piece off to cover it and drove a mile or so to the FD and we pulled it off with little issue aside from pulling hair and any clotting he had started
 
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