Avi Benov, Elon Glassberg: The effects of military-wide introduction of advanced tourniquets in the Israel Defense Forces (Injury)

This study aimed to assess the effects of the wide introduction of advanced tourniquets on the rate of tourniquet applications, the type of tourniquet applied, and the differences in hospitalisation outcomes following the introduction.

Following the IDF military-wide introduction of advanced tourniquets, the tourniquet application rate rose sharply, the use of old tourniquets ceased over time, and in-hospital amputation rate did not increase. These findings suggest that the awareness for haemorrhage control using advanced tourniquets rose.