The Emergency Bandage, also known as the Israeli bandage, is a pressure bandage designed to control severe bleeding from traumatic wounds before hospital care is available. It combines an elasticized wrap with a built in non-adhesive pad and pressure bar, allowing it to be applied with a single hand, a design created in the 1980s by Israeli military medic Bernard Bar-Natan after he found that standard military bandages had changed little since 1942. The bandage has become standard issue for the United States Army and special forces and was used during NATO operations in Bosnia, Operation Enduring Freedom, and Operation Iraqi Freedom, as well as in the civilian response to the 2011 Tucson shooting. Its core purpose is to control hemorrhage as the first step in treating a seriously wounded casualty.
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The Emergency Bandage or Israeli bandage is a specially designed, pressure bandage that is used to stop bleeding from hemorrhagic wounds caused by traumatic injuries in pre-hospital emergency situations.
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