Here is an example that can be given of how the occlusion works on wounded soldiers. It is a special patch that is used to close an open wound in the chest and minimize the risk of pneumothorax – the main cause of death on the battlefield.

Here is an example that can be given of how the occlusion works on wounded soldiers. It is a special patch that is used to close an open wound in the chest and minimize the risk of pneumothorax – the main cause of death on the battlefield.
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10 comments

  1. What is pneumothorax? Does Ukraine have enough of these patches?

  2. Used to manufacture chest seals. That adhesive will stick even if bloody, sweaty, or directly over hair. They’d have a one-way gas valve to let the gasses breath out, but not enter back into the wound. Simple, yet lifesaving!

  3. Got taught that in the army aswell 👍👍

    Very good stuff to know on the battlefield, also car accidents, it can be done with a plastic bag for example for emergency, and may save a persons life, good stuff 👌

  4. Pneumothorax is far from the main cause of death on the battlefield. The title is incorrect in that statement.

  5. Pneumothorax is not Main Cause of death, on the battlefield. It takes hours for a chest wound to create enough preasure to stop the heart from pounding. Main Cause of death on the battlefield, would be loss of blood.

  7. These are in the med kits issued to your everyday service member in the US military. If you see a soldier, he has one of these. Every soldier.

  9. Hope the medical procedure/intervention worked and guy in the clip made it.

    Slava Ukraini.

  10. This was something we were trained on as paramedics, typically called by us as a ‘sucking chest wound’. Really wasn’t a common injury in normal practice but likely seen in war casualties. They are very serious, and a pneumothorax is exceptionally serious and may result in death.

    As someone mentioned, a common treatment is covering the wound with a large tape open on 1 inside to let fluids escape, but keep air from entering. We were also taught that we could use a large gauge catheter inserted in the end of a condom with the needle inserted in between the ribs in a specific spot, where it acted as a one way valve. Both the bandage and condom allow air/blood/fluid to escape, but air does not enter the chest cavity.

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