Introduction of foreign hemostatic tools in tactical combat casualty care / 医疗卫生装备

The application of four kinds of hemostatic tools in tactical combat casualty care (TCCC) of foreign armies was introduced,including extremity tourniquet,junctional tourniquet,hemostatic dressing.and elastic bandage as well as tranexamic acid.The above hemostatic tools were described from the aspects of structure,operating process,application range and technical points,and the histories of some tourniquet were also expounded.The problems of Chinese PLA were analyzed in designing and developing hemostatic tool.Some suggestions were put forward such as enhancing the practicability and portability of hemostatic tool,rational allocation of TCCC drugs and instruments and etc.