TQ Carry study - anyone know where it was?

A910

Member
Need help finding an article I read a while back for a reference, and hopefully be able to see if they had a follow up.

Someone put out a study that involved carrying TQ's in the open on plate carriers and on rifle stocks. Basically it boiled down to carrying a TQ exposed to the elements can cause material breakdown increasing the chance of a catastrophic failure during placement, while having sealed or carry pouches (waterproof preferably) is the best way to prevent this.

Anyone else seen this study or have articles that reference it?
 

Naveronski

Newbie
This one, maybe?

"Efficacy of Tourniquets Exposed to the Afghanistan Combat Environment Stored in Individual First Aid Kits Versus on the Exterior of Plate Carriers"
LT Justin Weppner, MC USN; HM2 Michael Lang, USN; HM3 Robert Sunday, FMF USN; HM3 Nicholas Debiasse, FMF USN

ABSTRACT Between February and May 2010, 1st Battalion, 6th Marines reported a 10% (10/92) breakage rate for tourniquets. One theory suggested was that tourniquets were weakened by exposure to the Afghan environment. Our study was designed to compare three groups of Afghanistan-exposed tourniquets to unexposed tourniquets. The three experimental arms were: (1) Afghan-exposed tourniquets worn on the plate carrier, (2) Afghan-exposed tourniquets carried in the Individual First Aid Kit (IFAK) and wrapped in manufacturer plastic wrapping, and (3) Afghan-exposed tourniquets carried in the IFAK with the manufacturer plastic wrapping removed. The outcome measures of this study were efficacy, breakage, and number of turns required to successfully stop the distal pulse. Tourniquets worn on the plate carrier had an efficacy of 57%, which was significantly lower than the control efficacy rate of 95.2%. When compared to the control arm, there were no significant differences in efficacy between the tourniquets stored in the IFAK with or without manufacturing packaging. No control tourniquets or tourniquets stored in IFAKs broke; however, 46 (12%) of the plate carrier-exposed tourniquets did break. No statistically significant differences were found between the four groups with regard to the median number of turns required to stop the distal pulse.

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