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I was taught stabilize and seal the wound with a gloved hand (helper) until done the primary and then deal with the problem after you have the patient assessed.
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Trudat, but "Let the situation dictate the tactics."
Example: I'm gonna have my partner do the glove-over thing while I clamp that femoral that's pumping like a lawn sprinkler... [xx(]
The ACS DOES have it's place in the prehospital, even moreso, the battlefield enviroment: it's phucking [i]quick[/i] and simple!
Hell, you can even throw it to the nearest gloved bystander, cop, grunt, or even an EMT-Basic(D'oh!!), point, and say: "Wipe off the blood and put this on that!"
-This means I can spend more time fixing the patient's other problems - or move on to treat the next patient(s), rather than putz around with the goddam vasilene gauze or plasticwrap & tape.
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