This podcast from the International Emergency Medicine Education Project details the basics of bleeding control. The podcast systematically covers various wound types, explaining their characteristics and management. It then explores different bleeding control techniques, such as direct pressure, tourniquets, and hemostatic agents, including their indications, contraindications, and potential complications. The authors emphasize the importance of prompt and effective hemorrhage management to prevent mortality and maintain hemodynamic stability. 

Basics of Bleeding Control (2024)

International Emergency Medicine Education Project is an international project aiming to promote Emergency Medicine and provide free educational resources for medical students/interns and medical teachers/educators. The audio podcast is one of the components of the project to increase accessibility to the content provided by international contributors. The content of this project is freely available in iBook, pdf, eBook, website (iem-student.org)and audio formats for every medical trainee in the world. We support free open access medical education (FOAM). All materials are free to use, download and share.

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