2. THE AMBULANCE SIREN
CAN BE HEARD A BLOCK
AWAY… IT HALTS AT A
BUSY INTERSECTION,
WAITING FOR THE CARS
TO CLEAR THE PATH…
SECONDS PASS
QUICKLY…5…6…7…
3. THE DRIVER TRIES TO
PULL UP TO THE
CRASH SCENE… CARS
ARE BLOCKING
ACCESS TO THE
VEHICLES… 8…9…10…
4. 11 SECONDS DISAPPEAR. THEY
FINALLY GAIN ACCESS TO THE
INJURED DRIVERS. THE DRIVER
OF THE FIRST VEHICLE IS IN
EXTREME PAIN WITH JVD AND
TRACHEAL DEVIATION. AN
ASSESSMENT REVEALS A
TENSION PNEUMOTHORAX
(PTX)…
5. THE PARAMEDIC REACHES FOR
THE NECESSARY EQUIPMENT TO
PERFORM A DECOMPRESSION OF A
PTX. HE HAS TO OPEN THE
INDIVIDUALLY PACKAGED 14
GAUGE NEEDLE, GET HIS
SCISSORS, FIND A SURGICAL
GLOVE, CUT A FINGER OF THE
GLOVE OFF… 12… 13… 14… 15…
6. FIND THE TAPE, RIP
THE TAPE, and TAPE
THE GLOVE ONTO
THE HUB … 16…
17… 18… 19…
IS IT TOO LATE…
DID THEY RUN OUT
OF TIME?
7. THIS PROCEDURE TAKES
ONE TO TWO MINUTES DUE
TO THE RUDIMENTARY
PROCEDURES CURRENTLY
USED TO PERFORM A PTX
DECOMPRESSION.
8. THE L-PRV SOLUTION
SAVES VALUABLE
TIME…
TIME IS CRITICLE WHEN IT
COMES TO SAVING LIVES IN
THE FIELD
9. WHAT COULD THE
PARAMEDIC DO WITH
19 SECONDS?
SAVE THE PATIENT’S
LIFE… TREAT THE
PATIENT’S OTHER
INJURIES… MOVE ON TO
HELP OTHER INJURED
PEOPLE AT THE SCENE…
12. Civilian Related Pneumothorax
10 - 30% of patients transported
to level 1 trauma centers receive
treatment for a Tension
Pneumothorax
Combat Related
Pneumothorax
5% of all combat related deaths
are related to a Tension
Pneumothorax
13. SOURCE: Unpublished data
CDC/NCHS, National Hospital
Ambulatory Medical Care
Survey, 2007-2010.
Year
2007
2008
2009
2010
Number of visits for
pneumothorax
6,935,136
8,292,839
9,116,724
9,176,258
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/ahcd/ahcd_questionnaires.htm
15. Saving a Life
It is estimated that 90% of
wounded combatants can be
saved
Application of a tourniquet for
extremity hemorrhage
Rapid treatment of a PTX
The establishment of a stable
airway.
18. The L-PRV Applications
(World Wide)
Training and the saving of a life,
where every second counts . . .
Military: Training, Peacetime,
and Wartime
Medical Training Facilities
EMS (Adult or Child)