{"Page SDG":"SDG03 Good health and well-being","Page URL":"https://www.appropedia.org/NREMT_Skillset/Improvised_Occlusive_Dressing","Page authors":"Global Surgical Training Challenge","Page description":"Occlusive dressings are a vital treatment of open pneumothoraxes as they are able to limit or stop air from entering the pleural space. In addition, many commercial devices contain one way valves which allow air or blood to escape the chest, ideally resulting in an overall improvement in the patient's condition. In the absence of a commercial occlusive dressing, EMTs may use a variety of materials to improvise in the best interest of the patient.","Page language":"en","Page parent":"NREMT Skillset","Page root":"NREMT Skillset","Page title":"NREMT Skillset/Improvised Occlusive Dressing","Page views":"315","Page year":"Friday, 01-Jan-21 00:00:00 UTC","SELF acting roles":"EMR, EMT, emergency medical responder, emergency medical technician, paramedic","SELF body parts":"chest, thorax","SELF body systems":"circulatory system, respiratory system","SELF equipment":"NREMT Skillset/EMS Jump Bag, NREMT Skillset/Chest Seal, NREMT Skillset/Gauze Pads","SELF pathologies":"bleeding, cyanosis, cyanotic, decomposition, diaphoresis, diaphoretic, exsanguination, hemoptysis, hypotension, laceration, lesion, lividity, pain, pale, pneumothorax, puncture, tachycardia, tenderness, tension pneumothorax, wheezing","Modification date":"Friday, 18-Sep-26 12:25:48 UTC"}