Prioritise the most severe wounds - Skill

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FM/BS-202.V3.00 - Prioritise the most severe wounds

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Prioritise the treatment of wounds by evaluating the severity and rate of blood loss.
Address the most severe wounds first to reduce overall blood loss, and then proceed to less critical wounds, employing appropriate bandaging techniques.

Published by LtCol James on 23/02/2024 at 17:08

Previous Versions

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FM/BS-202.V2.02 - Prioritise wounds

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Prioritize closing wounds so that the amount of blood loss is minimized.

Published by Sgt Jochem on 25/01/2024 at 19:29

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FM/BS-202.V2.01 - Prioritise wounds

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Prioritize closing wounds so that the amount of blood loss is minimized.

Old text:

The player is able to demonstrate sound prioritisation skills with regards to which wounds to prioritise when treating a casualty. This includes the decision-making associated with the usage of tourniquets versus bandaging the limbs, and the prioritisation of crucial body parts versus the limbs.

The most common prioritisation a medic will do is to apply tourniquets to any and all wounded limbs and then prioritise closing wounds on the torso and head, and this is the procedure all medical personnel are expected to abide to in almost all cases. The only time this will not be the case is when there are more than one person bandaging the casualty, the casualty requires urgent blood transfusions, blood transfusions are (or would be) made impossible due to tourniquets, and FAST-IOs are not available. In this particular case, one medic may bandage a limb instead of applying tourniquets so that blood transfusions can be provided quickly.

Published by Sgt Jochem on 14/01/2024 at 20:19

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FM/BS-202.V2.00 - Prioritise the most severe wounds

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Published by Maj Korean Falcon on 30/12/2023 at 19:42

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FM/BS-202.V1.00 - Prioritise the most severe wounds

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Published by Maj Korean Falcon on 30/12/2023 at 19:01