Tourniquet and Hemostatic Dressings: DoD Purchasing Trends

Mr. Steve BurrowsJoint Medical Test & Evaluation Division

Hemostatic Dressings & Tourniquets IPR25 April 2012

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Introduction

• History of wound care spans from prehistory to modern times…– Tourniquets (TQs) first used in ancient Rome– Ancient Egypt (circa 1500 BC) used lint, animal

grease, and honey to form first crude gauze

• Tourniquets (TQs) and dressings– Standard issue to individual deploying warfighters– Effective means of controlling minor to severe

bleeding

• Today’s brief: To summarize 2011 purchases of TQs and dressings for field deployment

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DoD Field Tourniquets: In 2009

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• Variability in DoD TQ purchases has decreased greatly: 17 different models in 2009 to four in 2011

DoD Field Tourniquets: Variability

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NSN NOMENCLATURE SALES

6515-01-521-7976 CAT $18.5M

6515-01-530-7015 SOFT-T $3M

6515-01-538-2207 M.A.T. $25k

6515-01-542-7696 TK-4 $20k

6515-01-589-9135 CROC Junctional TQ $62k

Total: $21.6M

DoD Field Tourniquets: 2011 Sales

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NSN NOMENCLATURE SALES

6510-01-562-3325 Combat Gauze $10.6M

6510-01-502-6938 Hemcon Gauze $240k

6510-01-597-1424 Celox Gauze $50k

Total: $10.9M

DoD Hemostatic Gauze: 2011 Sales

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NSN NOMENCLATURE SALES

6510-01-503-2117Compressed

Gauze $1M

6510-01-492-2275Israeli 6” Bandage $1.2M

6510-01-460-0849Israeli 4” Bandage $540k

6510-01-540-6484 “H” Compression Bandage $50k

6510-01-529-1213 “S” Rolled Gauze $75k

Total: $2.9M

DoD Standard Gauze: 2011 Sales

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Conclusions: TQs and dressings for DoD field deployment

• Purchase variability for TQs has greatly reduced– From 17 in 2009 to four in 2011– Reflects TCCC guidelines and increased standardization

• TQs: CAT and SOFT-T account for 99.5% of sales

• Hemostatic Gauze: Combat Gauze accounts for 97.3% of sales

• Standard Gauze: Compressed Gauze and Emergency Bandages (Israeli 4” and 6”) account for 95.6% of sales

Questions?Mr Steve Burrows

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