Israeli Bandage

Israeli Bandage

The emergency bandage or Israeli bandage is a specially designed first aid device that is used to stop bleeding from hemorrhagic wounds caused by traumatic injuries in pre-hospital emergency situations.

The Israeli bandage was included in the first-aid kits of emergency personnel and first responders. to the 2011 Tucson shooting, and was used to treat some victims of the shooting.

First used to save lives during a NATO peacekeeping operation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the bandage was successfully used during Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom.

The bandage was nicknamed “Israeli bandage” by American soldiers and was “the bandage of choice by the U.S. military and special forces.”

These are the best bandages in the world, produced in Israel for the US military.

Watch videos in YouTube and you will understand why it is a very useful type of bandages as first aid for different activities that you can go to do.

Also available in sizes 4″ and 8″ as well as in all other variants of the Israeli bandage.

The bandage was invented by an Israeli military doctor, Bernard Bar-Natan.

The Israeli emergency bandage consolidates numerous treatment equipment into one unit and provides in one device:

• Non-adherent pad. Eliminating the risk of causing pain and reopening the wound after removing the bandage.
• Pressure applicator. Creation of immediate direct pressure to the wound site.
  Secondary sterile dressing. Keep the wound area clean and hold the swab and pressure on the wound firmly in place, including immobilization of the injured limb or body part.
• Close bar. It allows the closure and fixing of the Emergency Bandage at any point, on all parts of the body: no pins and clips, no tape, no Velcro, no knots.
• Quick and easy application and Auto-application. Designed with the end user in mind; for the trained first aid and for the lay assistant.
• Significant savings in terms of treatment time and costs.

Ease of operation of the Israeli bandage

The emergency bandage has an efficient blood stagnation capacity and provides ease of use:

1. Sterile and non-adherent swab is placed on the wound.
   The application of immediate direct pressure to the wound site is achieved by wrapping the stretch fabric garment over the top of the bandage pad where the specially designed pressure bar is located. The pressure bar is designed to easily accept and hold the winding head.
2. After the engagement of the pressure bar, winding the leader in any direction around the limb or body part and on the pressure bar forces the pressure bar down on the bearing creating the direct pressure needed to achieve homeostasis.
3. In addition to its primary function, the pressure bar also facilitates bandaging. The elastic bandage uses the rigid shape of the pressure bar to change direction during bandaging, thus giving the operator more options for effective wound dressing.
4. Subsequent conductor windings fix and hold the tampon in place over the wound and, covering all edges of the pad, act as a sterile secondary dressing. The head of the bandage is woven to stay full width and will not pile or twist into a rope.
5. The bandage closure system is multifunctional but simple, quick and familiar.
6. At the end of the garment there is a closure bar (dowel with hooking clip) at each end to secure the wraparound garment in the same way that a pen is fixed in the shirt pocket. The closing bar holds the bandage firmly in place at the wound site.
7. If additional pressure is required, the closing bar is easily removed from its first closing position and inserted between the previous layers of the leader directly above the protruding and rotated pressure bar. This rotation of the closing bar acts to further press the pressure bar on the wound to exert a blood arrest pressure. The closing bar is used as before to fix the dressing.

Competitive advantages of the Israeli bandage

• The emergency bandage is for the inexperienced layman and for the paramedical professional. The bandage features an ergonomic design for quick and easy application to free the assistant from searching for additional equipment. Focus and control in treatment are improved. The earlier treatment begins, the better the victim’s chances of survival, particularly in the event of bleeding.
• Emergency bandage saves time in an emergency situation where every second counts. The emergency bandage consolidates the functions of numerous separate equipment into one easy-to-use unit. The application is quick and easy. As a single unit, the bandage performs multiple functions and thus enhances the treatment provided.
• The Emergency Bandage provides victims of injuries acting alone with the ability to perform the entire bandaging operation themselves, including, in some cases, the application of the tourniquet, even if using only one hand.
• The consolidation of functions makes treatment more efficient, both medically and economically. Compared to current treatments, the emergency bandage proves to be an improved life support device at a competitive price.
• Immediate and effective direct pressure on the wound can reduce the need to apply a tourniquet. This is an important advantage since tourniquet applications should be avoided and only used as a last resort. In some cases, if a tourniquet is required, the closure bar is removed from above the pressure bar and inserted between the previous revolutions of the winding guide 5 cm above the wound, above the blood vessel, and rotated. This rotation twists the wrapping guide until blood flow to the wound site is restricted. After a tourniquet has been reached, the closure bar is used as before to secure and maintain the tourniquet and the secondary sterile wound cover that is still in place.

The history of the Israeli blindfold

The story begins in 1984, when Bernard Bar-Nathan was training to become an Israeli military doctor in 1984.

He noted that the bandages provided for bleeding control had been produced in the 40s and have not been redesigned since then.

In training he was taught to grab a stone and use it to put pressure on a wound that would not coagulate on its own, he thought that the bandage should have a pressure bar embedded in the bandage itself.

Bar-Nathan has begun to develop a new, more effective bandage that will save crucial time during injuries.

In 1990-1991, the idea and project were developed enough to require Israeli government support from the Office of the Chief Scientist of the Ministry of Industry.

The application allowed Bar-Natan to join a technology incubator program in the Har Hotzvim in Jerusalem, with a government grant covering 3/4 of the expenses related to the research and development of the bandage.

After another three years of development, the bandage was ready for marketing.

However, Bar-Natan founded First Care Products Ltd and oversaw the design and manufacture of the bandage.

Today, the tactic of caring for wounded soldiers has changed, and wounds are being treated on the battlefield.

The Israeli bandage, which can be applied with one hand, successfully stops bleeding and was used by the armies of the United States, Germany, Australia, New Zealand and other countries.

David Kleinman, a doctor on the SWAT team who devised a first-aid kit used to treat victims of the 2011 Tucson shooting, said that “officers reached the emergency bandage ‘over and over again at the scene‘ of the shooting.

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