Hemorrhage control device
The present disclosure discusses systems and methods for controlling a hemorrhage. The hemorrhage control device can include a harness that is worn around an upper junctional area and a lower junctional area of a user. The hemorrhage control device can also include a compression device that is configured to reversibly couple with the harness. The compression device can include a compression puck and a handle. The handle can be coupled with the harness. When rotated the handle can constrict the harness around the upper junctional area or the lower junctional area. The constriction of the harness can also cause the compression puck to compress the upper junctional area or the lower junctional area.
1. A hemorrhage control device comprising:
a harness configured to be worn around an upper junctional area and a lower junctional area of a user; and
a compression device comprising a compression puck and a handle extending from the compression puck, wherein the compression device is positionable at the upper junctional area and the lower junctional area and the compression device configured to detachably couple with the harness, the compression device comprising:
the compression puck configured to apply a pressure to at least one of a portion of the upper junctional area and a portion of the lower junctional area; and
the handle configured to constrict the harness around the one of the upper junctional area and the lower junctional area.
2. The device of claim 1 , further comprising a ratchet mechanism configured to enable the handle to rotate in substantially only one direction.
3. The device of claim 2 , wherein the ratchet mechanism comprises a roller bearing.
4. The device of claim 1 , wherein the harness further comprises one or more modular lightweight load-carrying equipment (MOLLE) loops.
5. The device of claim 4 , wherein the handle is configured to detachably couple to the one or more MOLLE loops.
6. The device of claim 1 , wherein the handle is configured to constrict the harness with a windlass mechanism.
7. The device of claim 1 , wherein the handle is detachably coupled to the compression puck.
8. The device of claim 1 , further comprising a second compression device configured to detachably couple with the harness.
9. The device of claim 1 , wherein the compression puck comprises at least one of acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) plastic, aluminum, stainless steel, carbon fiber, and polyether ether ketone (PEEK).
10. The device of claim 1 , wherein a bottom surface of the compression puck is textured.