Lo mqeqeshi wokulawula ukopha unezinxeba ezine ezingokoqobo (ukungena/ukuphuma ngesibhamu, ukunqunywa, inxeba lokuhlangana kwemisipha) ezenziwe nge-silicone yekhwalithi ephezulu, enepayipi elizimele lokopha okulawulwayo. Ikhithi ephelele ifaka i-gauze yokuqeqesha, igazi elilinganisiwe, iphampu yesandla, isikhwama sokufaka, ishidi lemiyalelo, kanye nesikhwama sokuphatha esiphathwayo.
Ukuthungwa kwe-silicone okungokoqobo kulingisa isikhumba sangempela kanye nezicubu ukuze kutholakale impendulo yangempela yokuthinta; amashubhu amanxeba azimele avumela ukusethwa kwesimo esiguquguqukayo; ukwakhiwa okuhlala isikhathi eside kumelana nokuqeqeshwa okunzima okuphindaphindiwe; isikhwama esiphathwayo sisekela ukujima ohambweni emakilasini noma ezindaweni zasensimini.
Ihlinzeka ngendawo engenazingozi futhi ethembekile ukuze ikwazi ukulawula ukopha okusindisa impilo, yakha inkumbulo yemisipha ukuze ikwazi ukuphendula ngokushesha nangokuphumelelayo ekulimaleni; ilungele ukuqeqeshwa kwe-EMT, izinhlelo ze-“Stop the Bleed”, kanye nemfundo yabaphenduli bokuqala, okuthuthukisa ukulungela izimo eziphuthumayo zangempela.
Le modeli ihambisana nezindinganiso zokuqeqeshwa kwezokwelapha eziphuthumayo zomhlaba wonke futhi isetshenziswa kabanzi ezinhlelweni zosizo lokuqala kanye nezikhungo zezokwelapha, eziqashelwa ngokulingisa kwayo ukulimala okungokoqobo kanye nomklamo ophathekayo nophelele.