THE EMERGENCY BANDAGE tm (AKA the Israeli Bandage) VIDEO

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The history of the Emergency Bandage® (a.k.a. Israeli Bandage®)

Bernard Bar-Natan, a child of Holocaust survivors from Poland who grew up in New York, immigrated to Israel in 1979 and was drafted into the military in 1983. During his service, he saw a need for a dressing that didn’t exist.

He didn’t have any medical background, but two days before the end of his IDF basic training in 1984, the recruits were offered the opportunity to become combat medics, and Bar-Natan thought to himself, why not? When he was drafted, he had noticed that the “personal bandage” he, like all other recruits, were given a rudimentary field dressing in a small, rectangular green wrapping happened to be dated 1942.

“1942,” he mused. “Astonishing. Planes have obviously evolved since 1942. Tanks certainly aren’t the same. And yet here I am getting the very same bandage they were giving out over half a century ago. Surely, we should be able to make a more effective bandage to stop hemorrhaging in the field by now.”

And so, the Israeli Bandage or Emergency Bandage was born.

The Emergency Bandage® has been the standard of care for hemorrhage control in the U.S. Army since 2004. It provides multiple applications for many wounds including amputations, making it ideal for the treatment of severe blood loss. With its unique pressure bar, the Emergency Bandage® provides unmatched direct pressure to the wound, controlling bleeding when every second counts.

Be aware of the fact that if you apply pressure, the bandage could perform as a tourniquet, meaning you MUST always monitor the extremity’s pulse when you apply it.

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