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Comparison of 4 Tactical Tourniquets Used in War Medicine

NCT04870814 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 46

Last updated 2021-07-07

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Summary

Bleeding remains the leading cause of death in combat, and the literature suggests that tourniquetable hemorrhage is the second leading cause of preventable death, behind non- tourniquetable hemorrhage.

Currently, most Western armed forces recommend the use of the tactical tourniquet in combat for the management of tourniquetable hemorrhage.

The SOFTT® tourniquet (Tactical Medical Solutions, Anderson) is the tactical tourniquet currently in use by the French armed forces. As the contract will soon come to an end, the question of its renewal arises.

The purpose of this study is to compare 4 commercially available tactical tourniquets in healthy volunteers.

The hypothesis of the research is that one of the 4 tourniquets compared is faster to set up than the others.

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

Tactical tourniquet set up

The tactical tourniquet will be set up to the upper limb and the lower limb during a maximum of 2 minutes.

DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Medical ultrasound

The efficacy of tactical tourniquet set up will be assessed by medical ultrasound.

OTHER

Questionnaire

The participants will have to fill a questionnaire assessing pain (for the "receiver"), ease of use, stability and rusticity (for the "fitter").

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Direction Centrale du Service de Santé des Armées

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-05-28
Primary Completion
2021-06-14
Completion
2021-06-14

Countries

  • France

Study Locations

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