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Sunday, August 21, 2005

Hemostats

To answer a question, I'll give a synopsis of hemostats. Hemostats look like a pair of scissors but without the sharp blade and are usually made out of stainless steel. They're blunt at the end and also have teeth (for lack of a better word) so that the hemostats can lock in place. Their purpose is for clamping off blood vessels in order to prevent the patient from losing more blood and going into shock. One of the big worries with trauma is that the pump may run dry, hemostats help to prevent that.

There are many different types of hemostats. The main types are Kelly, Halstead, and Crile. There are either curved tip or straight. Some have small grooved teeth at the end while others are flat.

Price of a pair of hemostats is probably ~$5.00 - Mine came in a holster along with a pair of trauma shears and penlight which can attach to my belt.

A picture can be found at http://www.northerntool.com/images/product/images/1501519_lg.jpg

posted by bravomedic @ 3:28 PM   3 comments

3 Comments:

For a while, I thought the picture looked like the tool that cuts the umbilical cord (shows how much I know in the medical field).

By Blogger Real World Observer, at 11:34 PM  

Well, you clamp both sides of the umbilical cord with it to prevent blood loss before you cut it.

By Blogger bravomedic, at 11:37 PM  

Oh! Okay, so my memory served me right. :)

By Blogger Real World Observer, at 8:48 AM  

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