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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.〔〔 First used for saving lives during a NATO peacekeeping operation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the bandages were successfully used during operations ''Enduring Freedom'' and ''Iraqi Freedom''.〔〔 The emergency bandages were nicknamed "Israeli bandage" by American soldiers,〔 and have been "the bandages of choice for the US Army and special forces."〔 Israeli bandages were included in the first aid kits of emergency personnel and first responders at the 2011 Tucson shooting, and were used to treat some victims of the shooting.〔〔 The bandage was invented by an Israeli military medic, Bernard Bar-Natan. The bandages are being manufactured in Lod, Israel, by First Care Products Ltd.〔 ==Background== For years, one of the most preventable causes of deaths in non-fatally wounded people has been the inability to quickly and effectively stop bleeding.〔 Military doctors Nolan Shipman and Charles S. Lessard write in ''Military Medicine'' journal that "()he first step in containing seriously wounded casualties is to control the hemorrhage as much as possible."〔 The US military used to take wounded soldiers from battlefields to hospitals for treatment. This often resulted in irreversible loss of blood. Today, the tactic of caring for wounded soldiers has changed and the wounds are treated at the spot. Israeli bandages that can be applied with only one hand are successfully used to stop bleeding by the armies of the US, Australia, New Zealand, and other countries.〔 David Kleinman, a SWAT team medic who devised a first aid kit used to treat victims of the 2011 Tucson shooting, said that "deputies reached for the emergency bandage 'over and over at the scene'" of the shooting.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Emergency Bandage」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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