![]() The Israeli Bandage, which can be applied with only one hand, successfully stops bleeding and has been used by the armies of the United States, Germany, Australia, New Zealand, and other countries. ![]() Today, the tactic of caring for wounded soldiers has changed and the wounds are treated in the battlefield. This often resulted in prolonged and irreversible loss of blood. In the era preceding Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), US military medics would take wounded soldiers from battlefields to hospitals for treatment. ![]() Lessard write in Military Medicine journal that "he first step in containing seriously wounded casualties is to control the hemorrhage as much as possible." Military doctors Nolan Shipman and Charles S. Background įor years, one of the most preventable causes of death in non-fatally wounded people has been the inability to quickly and effectively stop bleeding. The bandage was invented by an Israeli military medic, Bernard Bar-Natan. The bandage was nicknamed "Israeli bandage" by American soldiers and has been "the bandage of choice for the US Army and special forces." The Israeli Bandage was included in the first aid kits of emergency personnel and first responders at the 2011 Tucson shooting, and was used to treat some victims of the shooting. First used for saving lives during a NATO peacekeeping operation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the bandage was successfully used during operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. The Emergency Bandage or Israeli bandage is a specially designed, first-aid device that is used to stop bleeding from hemorrhagic wounds caused by traumatic injuries in pre-hospital emergency situations. ![]()
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