Device and method for control of hemorrhage

摘要

A junctional and truncal tourniquet and a hip-girdling pelvic sling device for maintaining a desired amount of tension surrounding a person's hips and pelvis to securely support and stabilize a pelvis that has been fractured and for securing a pressure applying device to a person with a preferred amount of tension so that blood vessel-occluding pressure can be applied. Areas of mating types of fastener material such as mating hook-bearing fastener material and loop pile fastener material are arranged on the device to enable a strap to be secured at various effective lengths to provide a wide range of adjustability. The device may include inflatable bladders, and may be wrapped around a patient's torso to occlude blood vessels proximal to an injury on a limb. A bladder may be expandable in distinct tiers and may carry a separate and removable pressure-concentrating fitting. An auxiliary strap may be included and may be used to keep the junctional and truncal tourniquet in place on a patient's torso.

主权项

1. A device for controlling hemorrhage, comprising:
(a) an elongate main body portion having opposite first and second end portions, an inner face, and an outer face; (b) a force-control buckle arranged to interconnect the opposite first and second end portions of the main body portion, thereby forming a loop; (c) a selectively inflatable hemostatic pressure application device attached to said inner face of said main body portion so as to direct hemostatic pressure inward toward a body of a patient; and (d) an auxiliary strap having a length and a first end attached to said main body portion, a part of said auxiliary strap spaced apart from said first end being selectively and releasably connected to said main body portion adjacent one of said opposite first and second end portions thereof so that said auxiliary strap extends away from said main body portion in a selected divergent direction away from said loop.