A tourniquet is usually a treatment of last resort, but can save lives if applied to stop severe bleeding due to an arterial injury and/or a traumatic amputation of an arm or leg due to injury, and has been used increasingly, lately, for management of life-threatening injuries due to increased knowledge about their benefits.
TREATMENT OF HEAVILY BLEEDING WOUND:
TOURNIQUET MATERIAL Best option: commercial tourniquet Other options (improvised):
TOURNIQUET "RULES" Placement:
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