Bolin Chest Seal

The Bolin chest seal (BCS) is a sterile occlusive dressing for the treatment of an open pneumothorax (sucking chest wound) It works by allowing air and fluid out of the wound, but not back in via a triple one-way valve. A sucking chest wound impairs respiration because there must be a seal between the expanding chest wall and the lung, so the chest wall can "pull" the lung open and inflate it. This is a life threatening condition that must be treated immediately. The Bolin chest seal is often compared to the Aherman chest seal, which is another occlusive dressing. In a study, both have equal survivability rates but the adhesive on the Bolin chest seal is far superior, especially in the presence of blood and soil. The report can be read here on H&H's homepage: [...]/BCS_Performance.pdf. However, the Bolin chest seal is usually almost double the price of the Asherman. Both can save your life but I prefer the best of the best. The new Bolin chest seals (exp. 2015+) come with a larger 8"x7.5" abdominal pad instead of the smaller 4"x4" cheese cloth gauze it used to come with for better cleansing of the wound.

I keep these in my first aid kits in my house and vehicles. I carry them into the woods and take them with me to the range. This is a must have tool for anyone concerned with treating critical blood loss.

Comes in a heavy, clear plastic package. Rim seal is 3/16" wide all around, and 2 slight cuts, 1 per side, allow for manual opening of the package. Includes 1 chest seal, and 1 absorbant dressing for cleaning and drying around the wound.Today is 9/04/15. My seal kit was manufactured 5/2015, and expires 2 years and 8 months from now on 5/2018. I accept that as a good shelf life. When considering shelf life, please understand that the expiration date is chosen to satisfy liability requirements. There is no magic switch that corrupts these things the day after "expiration." That date is a guaranteed use-by date. I fully expect this to last at least a year beyond if stored properly.The package isn't set up to fold over or roll up easily, though with careful work, it will. It will go into one of my action kits where it won't need but 1 fold. Since most of the product is below the mid line, I expect no problems.

i ordered the bolin chest seal to put it in my emergency kit. now im not one to usually complain infact this is my first one ever. but i ordered it on june 14th 2012 i got at a good time june 18th 2012 i look at the experation date it is only good till july 2012 thats 2 weeks away. they need to check them before they send them out

The Bolin Chest Seal arrived today delivered by our trusty USPS. This is not milk but I expect the product to have a relative moderate shelf life. The expiration date on the package is JUL 2012. This gives us a 60-90 day window of use, a short period of time for a specialized product of this nature. The product was folded and heavily creased. Will this impair its performance?I expected better!

I'm currently deployed in Afghanistan and I just received this item so I haven't actually used it yet. But hopefully there woudn't be a need for me to use this at all. Based on all the reviews and tests that I've read/seeen, in the event that I would need something to address a sucking chest wound, I'm confident that I added this to my standard issue IFAK (individual first aid kit). The oustanding crew from Grunt Gear, the company where I purchased this chest seal from, added a free Hyfin chest seal for the exit wound. I was just gonna use the Bolin chest seal's packaging to cover the exit wound, but having a readily available adhesive seal would significantly minimize the time to treat a wound and increase the chances of survival. Grunt Gear had the best price and their shipping time was top-notch, I received the item whithin 6 days, just in time for my next mission.

An EMT friend told me about these patches. He was across the street from a shooting when it happened. Unfortunately, the victim was hit 11 times in the chest and back with 22 cal rounds. Fortunately, it happened across the street from the fire department. Really fortunately, the responding unit had 12 of these chest wound patches. After a helicopter ride and a couple weeks in the hospital, the guy survived. That was drug rehab the hard way.I regularly go to the shooting range and participate in pistol and rifle matches. I'm probably safer on the range than during the drive to it. However, if needed having some Bolin Chest Seal's in the range bag would be pretty handy. This is a nice addition to my trauma first aid kit. I hope and expect this purchase will be a complete waste of money.

awesome trsnsaction - arrived on time and great product!!