Can u make this a series of "how to treat this type of injury"

He’s actually calming me. “When you see brain…maybe don’t pack the wound.”

Everyone should receive first aid training without paying a lot of money, but at this point, your online trainings are the best alternative. Thank you for doing this.

Gave my brother in law a tourniquet about a year ago to put in his car , he saved a life with it last week on his job site that was a amputated arm above the elbow. Every stupid penny I ever spent on survival and prep was instantly justified. He is a hero to the man he saved.

Why stuff like this isn't taught in schools is beyond me. Thanks for filling that huge knowledge gap in the general public with such great free content. You are saving lifes!

A story on the importance of pin point pressure: When I was a new EMT working for a commercial agency myself and my medic partner were dispatched across town to back up a BLS unit for an emergency call at a dialysis center. Caller reported massive hemmorage from a port site. The BLS crew on scene had applied several 4x4 with pressure bandage on the site and it was still bleeding through. My medic (6 years experience als and 3BLS) calmly walked up removed their 4x4 and pressure bandage. Placed 1 4x4 with hard pressure with his thumb directly over the port and with in about 2 mins all bleeding stopped. Pin point pressure is your best friend. I was able to recreate this last week with the agency I work for now on a PT at the local dialysis center when the commercial agency contracted to it had no units. Glad for that experience I was able to keep a cool head and quickly resolve the issue while the staff were panicking. TL;DR pin point pressure works wonders

As a soldier, I thank you for teaching the public those skills.

Just wanted to say that I appreciate the time you take to make these videos and a major thank you to you and any other emergency service workers out there.

"Stop the Bleed" is part of our training where I work and it's unfortunately a terrible class lead by a lazy instructor. Sad news for people like me who actually have to use the information on a weekly basis. Learned more in this 20m video than I did in my official "Training". Kudos to you and all you do @PrepMedic

My wife slipped and lacerated her head just last week. Luckily I had just returned home from the range with my trauma kit. A 3 inch cut was serious looking for sure. Scary to see because of the amount of blood, but compressed gauze wrapped around her head with pressure from an Israeli bandage was perfect! Her bleeding was stopped by the time I got her to the ER about 10 minutes away.

I am a school nurse now, and work with Pre-K through grade 12, but most of my career was spent working in the hospital in the ICU. First Aid in the school setting is beyond essential. Your video has been the best and most helpful that I have seen. Thank you.

Cannot thank you enough for these videos. I used to be an EMT and always wanted to get recertified, but health issues took me out. Now I feel like I can keep up with the basics and maintain my usefulness in emergencies. You rock.

Aspiring army medic here, amazing to see people with no fret at the thought of shoving their fingers in someone’s extremities. Makes me a little worried just thinking about it but I’m sure I’ll get used to the sight and let instinct and training take over. Thanks for the insight!

I firmly believe that the most important thing in your kit is training and up to date, fact based, knowledge. I came across a bad motorcycle accident (I am a volunteer firefighter, but was off duty at the time on my way to work). The motorcyclist was t-boned by a truck (that fled the scene) and his right leg was amputated just above the knee on impact. I was one of the first on scene. Usually, I carry a pretty comprehensive first aid kit in my vehicle. the day before I had completely cleaned out my truck and I didn't put hardly anything back in. When I arrived on scene the only thing I had in the back seat was a ratchet strap and two wool blankets. (This was on a highway outside of the city, ambulance is usually 8-15 min minimum response time) I secured the ratchet strap as far above the amputation site as possible after making one complete wrap around the thigh and interlocking the hooked ends of the strap. Paramedics arrived on scene 10-15 minutes later and applied a commercial tourniquet above mine, and took the patient to the hospital, he was semi-conscious and breathing when he left in the ambulance. It is important to note that even though I synched that strap as tight as I could, he was still bleeding (albeit slowly) when the ambulance arrived. He and I have since become friends, as he survived his injuries and is recovering. This is a simplified version of the story, several other people provided critical immediate care, the paramedics and doctors did an excellent job, and the patient was a big man without an ounce of quit in him and he was wearing appropriate safety equipment while riding. I learned three really important things that day: 1: Working with a team of bystanders that have first aid training makes a huge difference. Trying to provide critical care alone is an incredibly daunting task and no where near as effective as utilizing the strengths of the people around you. most people can help if you tell them what they can do. 2: Knowledge can be more critical than specific equipment, but having the right equipment (including personal safety equipment)makes for a much better patient outcome. 3. I NEVER EVER want to be in a position where I have to improvise a tourniquet again. I would never recommend it except as a last resort, and I now keep a minimum of two CAT tourniquets accessible when at home and while travelling.

This is the BEST video you've done so far that I've seen. You addressed so many real-world problems it was simply amazing! Keep it up brother!!!

You're a legend! Thanks for saving so many lives and being brave enough to face the gross stuff!

Very much appreciated. Im often at the gun range and never much thought about what it would actually be like to be shot or see someone else with a wound like that. I have a trauma kit i spent quite a bit on assuming if i ever needed it, i’d just open it. I would have been lost without this information. Thank you!

I think training like this should be mandatory for those in high-risk workplaces. There was recently a kid in our small town that got a job (I believe his first) at a sand and gravel company. He was fatally injured his first day on the job - and if the people around him would have had training like this, it's very likely he would still be alive. Nobody should bleed out with a crowd of people standing around them not knowing how to help.

I did a Stop the Bleed course taught by a senior trauma surgeon at Cape Town's second largest hospital; someone who treats serious trauma injuries every day. Mostly gun shot and car accident wounds it turns out. I found this video is a very good summary and refresher of the wound packing component we covered in that course. Great work!

Just realized this helps fight my fear of not being to help a loved one who is bleeding profusely, thank you.

Thanks brother.. I had training back in my Vietnam days.. But haven't really needed it the 50+ years since.. I do have and have had a stop bleeding kit since those days ( I have a real nice one now) But it is always good to see these video's and take refresher courses.. Especially with all the new procedures they have learned.. Prepare for the worst and hope for the best is my philosophy.. thanks for doing this.. it is a real help and I am sure it has and will save lives..

This is a scary but lifesavingly useful class. Hope we never have to apply it to anyone.

This is past good - it's absolutely incredible. As noted by others, this should be taught in schools and as part of CPR courses. Extremely well written and demonstrated. Production quality - excellent. Thanks for the effort.

Thank you for your content. I'm not a 1st responder in any way, but this is great to learn and relearn. "If you don't use it, you lose it" feels pretty rapid for me, so your channel is great for me.

Thanks Sam. Definitely one of your top vids. Simple, very much to the point and explained in an honest way that I personally appreciate, and exactly how I prefer to explain med stuff to colleagues. No ‘sugar coating’. Keep them coming!

Could you do a run through of civilian first aid kits and explain how to use everything in it, maybe also with a demonstration?

Just wanted to say thanks for dropping that knowledge every person should have. I share your videos to my friends as a refresher.

This is crazy. The whole video had my palms sweaty. Thank you for the valuable information🙏

Great video! I have been a EMT for 30 years and a firefighter for 25 years. I really enjoy your content, keep up the good work!

You blew away what originally scared me about attempting bleeding control without training. Gonna buy a a good stop the bleed kit. Keep on keeping on!

Very good review. Being a CRNA, a former ICU RN and EMT-I - your brief but thorough synopsis is spot on. Always enjoy your tips and review. Teaching a bunch of guys medical skills tomorrow, ty.

I love these videos! I wish I had these back in my mid teens, early 20's. :) We must protect this man at all cost!

Keep up the inspiring work! Thanks to your videos I've taken a local 'Stop the Bleed' class, and I'm looking into further civilian first-aid classes.

Spectacular video. I'm a medic, with tactical and wilderness ratings and I've taught pre-hospital medicine all over the world. I also own a remote medicine and survival company. This guy is spot in and I love his active voice condemnation of myths, such as tampons stopping arterial bleeds. Keep it up!

I love these videos. I work in EMS and I can't even tell you how helpful ur videos are. Thank u for all of ur work.

Nice job on your vid, this content was an enormous help to someone like me. Im a firm believer in the fact that no one can have too much training and you are helping with that, thank you so much!

Really appreciate your videos man. They have definitely given me a lot more confidence in my ability to at least buy time for professionals to show up.

I've been driving as part of my careeer for a few years now and I have become more interested in having simple skills and tools on hand just in case. First aid seemed like a beneficial skill worth knowing more about. I intend to focus more on getting into a proper "Stop the bleed" class but some of the fundamentals you have demonstrated have boosted my confidence in what to do if I ever come across something. Thank you for your straight forward information.

Your video is amazing! You never know when this knowledge can become a life saver. Every single person should have this training!!!

Thank you for this video. You are the first that I have seen clearly cover when to pack, when to TQ a wound. Also, you covered a question that is not covered hardly. The through and through hole, which is always a question that I think goes unanswered or looked over in videos. Thank you for providing a great, short, clear, concise video that I know will aid tons of people. Outstanding information. I feel like all high schools, maybe even middle schools should have this video. 21 minutes and 16 seconds and people would know how to use these lifesaving skills for the M in M.A.R.C.H. I also appreciate that you covered not everything is a result of direct violence, but accidents do happen, and these skills may be employed during those times. I have never heard in my life someone ever say, " I wish I dint know medical, during a medical event". Again, great video!

Thanks for posting these just applied to be a local volunteer fire department in my area first generation firefighter too going on ride alongs in conjunction with watching your videos learning a TON thank you soooo much

Fantastic video, very helpful and didactic as usual. Could you consider doing a video on veinous wounds? I know they are not as life threatening as arterial wounds, and maybe you don't need super specific techniques to treat them, but because of that there is very little information on how to do it properly. Things like how to assess the severity of the wound (to know if you need to go to the ER or not), how to clean the area and what to use to do so, etc. Thanks for the time and effort you put on your videos, I've learned so much from you!

Sam I know no words to soothe your feelings and those of your work colleagues. I had been a medic for 8 plus years before going to the ER as a RN 24 years ago. A hospital Chaplin once related first thing is to take a step back. We all need to grieve. The next thing he related was we will never know the thoughts of others or the pain they deal with. I have lost more than a few coworkers in EMS and ER The last one was a few years ago. This guy was a rock star of sorts. Seemingly he had the accomplished everything in his professional career. And, he had semi retired. I was dumbstruck when I heard the news.

Thank you for doing these videos. I needed a refresher on this kind of stuff for the workshop i'll be working at for a few months.

Amazingly clear explanation. I was never told about the need to pack internally! Thank you. Two things to add/ask. Not removing foreign objects. And The importance of time. It can be better to get to hospital by car rather than wait for an ambulance.

I hope I won't ever need to, but you just saved me from potentially doing a bad tourniquet, incredibly useful information to hold even if I'll never have to put it to use! Seriously, this is the kind of stuff we should learn at school

It's interesting to see how things have changed since I last took an advanced first aid course. I take blood thinners so I figured a refresher video might be helpful. Turns out it was helpful and I will rework my home first aid kit. Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us.

Excellent video! I’m a LEO, sportshooter and chainsaw operator and had education in first aid, but it’s a good thing to see this to refresh memories!👍😊

Thank you for the time and effort you give.

Great lesson brother. Keep up the outstanding work!

I appreciate what you're teaching. Two years ago I took 16 credit hours of EMT level Trauma medical training. I'm not an EMT but since I traveled so much in my work and realizing how little I knew past CPR and some Advanced First Aid I decided I wanted to know more. A lot more. Now I know how to properly Triage, and deal with massive trauma situations. Though nowhere on your level, at least people won't just bleed out or choke to death if I can help it when there. Thanks. I always learn a little more or add to my knowledge each time I watch a video like yours. God Bless.

New follower and supporter here. I'm so glad found your channel. Keep up the great amazing work and videos.

I remember the time my dad got hit with a rock in the head and we just pressed paper tissue on his wound, the bleeding stopped several minutes later whle we were on our way to the hospital. When you talked about head injuries, i remembered that and see that we were lucky the wound wasnt that profound. Keep doing this mate, i hope it helps someone in a troublesome moment.

As you say, bleeding can happen anywhere. Two days ago I slipped and cut my fingers badly on a metal-framed wall. Nobody around to help, but learning from channels like this helped me treat myself until a Dr could stitch me up.

This is dank! Thank you for your hard work and service to your community!

This is an excellent video. Explains all the key aspects so well and clearly. Great job!

This video is GREAT. I am totally untrained but I want to start becoming more prepared. The way you broke this down was a very nice intro. So thank you much PrepMedic

Really enjoy your videos. Was a SWAT medics and operators for 15 years. Do not work on patients much any more, so your videos help me remember my skills. Now retired, working part time at an airport and volunteer at local Trauma Center. Still keep my EMT up

Great job explaining it properly, ex vet infantry/ paramedic. Keep up the good work.

Thank you for showing people a hands-on approach to first aid. Many bystanders don't do anything, because they are shocked themselves or afraid to do something wrong - but not doing anything is actually the worst thing someone can do in nearly all cases. What is often decisive when it comes to being able to save a limb with arterial damage (in addition to the time span without blood flow) is the condition of the patient when he arrives. E.g. a hunter accidentally shot his buddy in the thigh and the bullet hit the artery. He probably saved his life by acting quickly and using his scarf as a tourniquet with a strong short branch as a windlass. Nonethelss, when the patient arrived at the hospital, he was as pale as the white sheet he was lying on. In that situation an amputation was performed, because it is a relatively simple surgery with little blood loss and only takes about 45 minutes. If you want to save the limb, you need a vascular surgeon and a long and complicated procedure (perhaps around 6 hours) with lots of blood loss and long anaesthesia time, which is tough even on a fitter person, but just too risky on someone who is on the brink of dying from haemorrhagic shock from the getgo. Life before limb is the credo that is taught here.

I do tree work for a living and I ended up getting a serious crush/puncture wound in my foot and the bleeding was quite bad but my foreman was able to get it under control. Really stressed the importance of this type of knowledge in my line of work and I want to thank you for the short, simple, but informative videos. This may save my life or someone else's in the future.

Thanks youtube recommendation. I live in Ukraine, and a month and a half ago I came under rocket fire. I was helped by an ordinary citizen, and after that I was hospitalized. Broken leg and concussion. Thanks for the guide, if I find myself in a similar situation I can help (sorry for my english)

I've watching many similar videos and so impressed with this. This one was great - thank you!

First Aid courses here in the UK now include application of tourniquets information. Your videos are much appreciated thank you.

I appreciate you discussing the deliberate TQ approach. That is, of course based on the environment and situation. I’ve seen several stop the bleed courses teaching strictly high and tight.

It needed to be tagged "tactical" that bleeding control came into the public and those EMS that hadn't cared about it in the past. I've seen a few massive bleeding in private or in the EMS. Nearly all was not even a little bit tactical... for example: Chainsaw in the lower leg Chainsaw in the shoulder area A dog that bite a person in the but. (The largest wound with I single injured patient I've seen so far) A person that stabbed himself accidentally in his lower arm as he tried to open a can of food with a large knife and a hammer Tow angle grinder accidents with a sub total amputation on the hand and one in the upper leg. In my opinion: if you need your workers on the job site or workshop: One Tourniquet should be near every chainsaw, angle grinder, circular saw.

This is so well done. Everyone should have to watch this.

Your channel is great! Thanks for these videos bud. It will save lives!

I recently bough my very first trauma shears and tourniquet and I want to learn how to apply them in emergency situations. Thank you so much for this sir! And yes, I'll have some of my friends (Who are nurses and doctors) to help me learn what are the legal stuff I can do during emergency. I'm an armature urban prepper and started doing everyday carry and daily med carries.

Thank you! I remember hearing in the past that using a tourniquet would lead to limb loss if not applied correctly. Good to know that I can tell the patient it will hurt but that it’s normal. I’m glad to see that it is manageable for a civilian to do and will add multiple to various kits. I also appreciated your video where you also discussed staging them properly. I’m a civilian but I want to help in times of need.

Your video was extremely informative and practical! Thank you for your expertise! Looking forward to more of your videos. Nothing would be more traumatic than not having the knowledge you need to assist someone in need. Thank you.

Fourty years of training and again I learned something from this video Keep it up.

Great video, thanks! Despite being an ambo for five years I've somehow still not had to deal with an arterial bleed (I've had some pretty decent venous bleeds mind you). But I'm sure it's only a matter of time, and so I've been studying videos like yours a lot for when that day comes.

I'm fairly accident prone. I surf/foil alone often. I onewheel. I ride a motorcycle. ALL of these kinda scare me cause it's pretty easy to get a nasty cut that leads to bleeding out. Thanks for the info! WSish more people had the mindset this isn't a tAcTiCoOl skill. It's a life skill everyone needs.

PrepMedic, I can't get enough of your content, so I subscribed!

You’re very articulate with your words. A good spokesperson.

I hope I never use this lifesaving information. Thank you for teaching and sharing this with us.

I took a sports medicine class back in high school where we learned all sorts of athletic taping/wrapping techniques. I’m glad I took it because I’ve had to wrap cuts/wounds on family members and even my dogs foot at one point. Any type of education is useful even if you’re not planning on being in the medical field.

Excellent instruction! I'm a trauma nurse (TNCC) & EMT in NYC & I learned things from you!

great video Brother!! may really save many lives, crucial info and very educative, much appreciate it! Greetings from SvK

From someone in the biz I applaud you for this video, well done! I might stress less on finding the artery and more on just packing till I can't pack anymore. Not that the artery bit isn't good info it's just that knowing the target audience is gen. public and the stress level with task saturation is going to be more than most are used to. Don't waste time just pack the shit out of it is my 2 cents.

Thank you for sharing this!! As a former Medical Responder and Firefighter plus business owner we have a Roofer of my fall 4 story he Landed on concrete he broke his arm in 5 different places with a fracture both medic was fighting which hospital they was going to take him as the fire department was calling in a Medical helicopter to airlift him to the trauma center on top of this the Homeowner we was doing the roofing for was the medical Director of a local hospital was fighting and the paramedics to get him to the hospital asap as my worker told them to get me the hell out of here as me to take him to the hospital! We got the bleeding stop and he was ship 2-hr away to a trauma center yes he did make it! You help me save one my worker thank you Prep Medic!

thank you i didn’t think i would watch the whole thing. but from the start I realised that this is gonna be informative and relevant!

knowledge is power. thank you.we never know when this information is needed to save a life.

Over the the 4th of July weekend we went to my grandparents house. My grandmother fell one morning GETTING THE NEWSPAPER! She is a bleeder and is on blood thinners. Just to treat the cut on her ankle I had to apply a tourniquet The cut was minor, but major enough that she wouldn’t stop bleeding until I turned off the “spigot”.

Hmm looks interesting. Time to save it to my 800+ "Watch Later" playlist.

What a fantastic channel. Cant believe how much I can learn here. Thanks so much

This vid was so easy to follow. Youre great!

Dude, amazing explanations and content you do there. Could you please make a kinda "Survival" video series? When I think about the future, the current situation gives me the impression of an upcoming WW3. I have to protect my family and fear that there wont be a medic or hospital nearby, if we get injured. Is there something basic you think everyone without knowledge should be able to do that? You show here techniques for temporary life saving, but how about aiding another person that has this heavy cut. Is there any chance to rescue the limb if you stopped the bleeding?

Just an add on, in todays industrial workplace where many wear orange, we deliberately use the black CAT tourniquet so it can be seen on top of clothing Any video like this can be literally life saving and priceless 👌

Finally finished this in my Watch Later. Should have done that sooner. Great video man!

you may have saved lives with your video, appreciated mate, keep up the good work!

Think they should put such education like this in schools and stuff , If more people are educated in dealing with injury's then potentially more lives can be saved....

I've seen tampons work a dozen times in GTA online. Seriously, after 10 yrs licensed EMT, I never had the instruction you just gave. Glad this has changed. Time isn't the only key. We also need teaching, hands-on, and confidence

Thanks a ton man, needed a refresher, i served in the lebanese army as an infantryman and got out some years ago and kinda needed this to keep me online so thanks!

Great job on explaining how to stop massive bleeding. I hope I never have to use it but I’m glad I have your knowledge in case I have to… keep up the good work!

I have no training in this type of thing and randomly came across this video. I’ve always been interested in this field though. Maybe this has been covered elsewhere or someone else can answer but what do you do if there’s multiple wounds that need to be addressed with pinpoint pressure and you’re the only person there? I understand there’s only so much a single, untrained individual can do but what’s generally best course of action (if there is a general rule here).

"Hey guys my names say and welcome to PrepMedic this weeks video we're going to be talking about treating massive hemorrhoids in the civilian environment." - My Schizophrenic Brain

Very good information!!! Keep them coming!!!

I spent about 3 days watching and reading everything I could about the Hemostatic Gauze...and my conclusion was that, even if I was 100% proficient with it, the chance that it could be used on myself from someone who has no idea how to apply it (aka I'm unconscious, etc) , was too big of a risk. Therefore, standard compressed gauze Is what I've added to all my kits along with both a SOFTT-W (more compact) and either a Swat-t as backup or compression bandage.